| Author | Kathi Lipp |
| Title | The Me Project: 21 Days to Living the Life You've Always Wanted |
| Publisher | Harvest House Publishers |
| Date of Publication | February 1, 2011 |
| Page Count | 224 |
| ISBN | 978-0736929660 |
Note: I got this review copy thanks to Russ & Kathy from Kathy Carlton Willis Communications
Book Summary
(San Jose, CA) Has that rush to make (and break) New Year’s resolutions already waned? According to Daniel Pink, author of 
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, taking small steps every day will not only help you stay committed to your goal, 
but will also help you ultimately achieve that goal when obstacles come up. Author Kathi Lipp wants you and your friends to live out those dreams—and have some fun along the way.
As women, we forget the goals and dreams of our younger years. The busyness of everyday life gets 
in the way. To-do lists replace goals. The Me Project provides women with fun and creative ways to bring back the sense of purpose and vitality that comes with living out the plans and dreams God has planted in our hearts. Kathi Lipp’s warm tone and laugh-out-loud humor motivates women to take daily steps toward intentional goals. The end result? We get back our lives and enjoy living in the confidence of a purposeful life in spite of our chaotic schedules.
This handy guide coaches women to do one simple thing toward achieving our goals each day for three weeks. A woman experiencing the exhilaration of a rediscovered life offers more as a wife, mother, friend, volunteer, career woman.
I had heard quite a bit about Kathi Lipp's previous books, The Husband Project and The Marriage Project, through other blogs and was pretty much intrigued when I read Wendi's take on it on a separate blog - that's the Wendi of Wendi's Book Corner, btw! Since I am not married and hence don't have a husband, those two books - while sounding very interesting - were not for me. However, The Me Project is definitely a book that I can use, so when the opportunity came up to review it I pretty much screamed "here"!
After a short introduction, Kathi Lipp starts you out with writing a list of your dreams for the next few decades. Once you've completed that task, you will get a step-by-step guide through the project so that you can fulfull those dreams (preferably one at a time). I love how Kathi uses examples taken out of real life (as opposed to those examples which I like to call "imagine you're a princess" examples, if you know what I mean) to illustrate her point.
What I love about the book is that there seems to be no one right way to do things to accomplish your dream. Instead, it's all about you, the reader.
I have read this book just once so far, but I already know that I will re-read it with a notebook at hand. My classes are over for this semester and except for a short paper due next Wednesday and a 7-day class in late March I'm free. So after reading this book I have decided on reading the book in depth then and actually go to work on a dream of mine. I will keep you updated on what happens.
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