The Finishing School {Litfuse Review}

 

 

About the book:
The Finishing School: How One Book Nerd Began Living What She Learned (Nyree Press, August 2015)

Are you tired of waiting for change to happen in your life? Do you feel stuck, even though you want to live more intentionally?

In today’s world, our most precious pursuit of a life well lived gets squeezed out by the silliest of things: binging on Netflix or ice cream, shopping trips for things we don’t need, bad habits we can’t seem to get a handle on, and so much more. Valerie has been there despite knowing what she wanted for her life. Actually do it? That’s the challenge.

After gobbling up all the non-fiction and self-help books her donut-filled belly could handle, she decided it was time to put her knowledge to good use and start actually living it out. You will hear about her journey through victories and plenty of failures and find practical tips to apply to your own pursuit of holiness. You will find homework at the end of each chapter that includes a worksheet to put real change in motion for your own life as well as recommended books to further study those topics that really test you.

 

My thoughts:

 

As a fellow book nerd I was compelled to read this book!  The cover reminded me of a Jane Austen era novel(some of my favorites) and I knew that I wouldn’t be content until I gave it a go!

 

I want to live a life daily that I can be proud of.  This book helped me to go over my life and what I do daily and eliminate the “twaddle” that didn’t need to be there.  Helped me to scrape my days down to the things that really mattered and expound on them.  It’s important to not try to read this book straight through.  Take a chapter and read it.  Reread it.  And then think about it.  Apply it to your own life and see where it takes you.  You might be greatly and happily surprised once you’re done getting your toes stepped on!