It can bring you hours of entertainment,
can be taken anywhere, doesn’t need charging and usually costs $20 or less.
Reading is one of those things that I love
but don’t always allocate time for. It’s one of those econo activities where
even just two minutes spent doing it makes me happy. (other econo activities
are doing burpees, practicing the piano or meditating)
Sometimes I can’t finish books, others I
can’t put down; unless I fall asleep reading them and they hit me on that
sensitive point on the bridge of my nose.
The books I read get tea spilt on them, crumpled
in my bag, and lost under the bed. I love to lend them or steal them from my
friends and I’m sad when they end.
I just finished reading YES PLEASE, an
autobiography and life guide by Amy Poehler, who you may have seen on Saturday
Night Live, Parks and Recreation,
hosting the Golden Globes or as the mum on Mean Girls. Look her up, or
even better, check out the book.
*****Disclaimer : below is a direct exert
from the book and not mine but Amy Poehler’s and she rules. This is pretty rad
advice from someone who has aced their career but started from the bottom and
worked damn hard.
“ Treat your career like a bad
boyfriend…Your career won’t take care of you, it won’t call you back or introduce
it to its parents. Your career will openly flirt with other people when you are
around. It will forget your birthday and wreck your car. Your career will blow
you off if you call it too much….your career is f**king other people and
everyone knows but you. Your career will never marry you.
Now, before I extend this metaphor, let me
make a distinction between career and creativity. Creativity is connected to
your passion, that light that drives you. That joy that comes when you do
something you love. That small voice that tells you, “I like this...You are
good at it. Keep going” That is the juicy stuff that lubricates our lives and
helps us feel less alone in the world. Your creativity is not a bad boyfriend.
It is a really warm older Hispanic lady who has a beautiful laugh and loves to
hug. If you are even a little bit nice to her she will make you feel great and
maybe cook you delicious food.
Career is different. Career is the
stringing together of opportunities and jobs. Mix in public opinion and past
regrets. Add a dash of future panic and a whole lot of financial insecurity.
Career is something that fools you into thinking you are in control and then
takes pleasure in reminding you that you aren’t. Career is that thing that will
not fill you up and never make you truly whole. Depending on your career is
like eating cake for breakfast and wondering why you start crying an hour
later.”
Hell yeah.
******Second disclaimer: This is also
another bit from the book and sorry it’s making the blog really long and kind
of a cop out by me for not really writing but this bit totes rulz.
“Let me take a minute to say that I love a
bossy woman. Some people hate the word, and I understand how ‘bossy’ can seem
like a shitty way to describe a woman with a determined point of view, but for
me, a bossy woman is someone to search out and celebrate. A bossy woman is
someone who cares and commits and is a natural leader. Also, even though I’m
bossy, I like being told what to do by people who are smarter and more interesting
than me.”
I concur that HELL YEAH rhymes with POEHLER
for a reason.
Alas, I now have book withdrawl and will
have to go back to reading the cereal box until I have a new paper pal to
capture my mind.
Any suggestions would be appreciated, even
more if you can lend the book to me. I would lend you “Yes Please “ but it’s
not mine.
Jj
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