With the New Year come New Year's Resolutions. Who among us hasn't decided that this year will be the one? The year I will lose weight, exercise, eat vegetables every day, organize the closets, do laundry more than once a month, stop biting my fingernails, watch less TV, learn German, take guitar lessons, etc., etc.
For some offbeat and bitingly humorous inspiration, check out Beth Lisick's Helping Me Help Myself. On January 1st, 2006, Beth decides she's tired of dealing with the same old problems every year. So she makes plans to improve her life month by month. Attempting to vanquish her fears of professional advice and self-help, Beth consults empowerment experts, attends a convention to learn why Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus, goes on a "Cruise to Lose" with Richard Simmons, and decides to proactively make her overpriced vacation a "writing retreat". One of my personal favorite moments is when she looks around the house at what needs to be organized and notes "For the record, my sock drawer currently has blank taxi receipts, hard candies, and stray coffee beans in it." Lisick is witty and just a little bit wicked. And for anyone who read Beth's last book, Everybody into the Pool, she still occasionally wears the banana suit.
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