This Year I Will (Book Review)

Just finished reading this book by M.J. Ryan. Someone needs to help me stop reading books like this. Pretty soon, I'll get it. I think I got a quote from my boy Eli in an eMail this past year from the book, and like always, I checked it out, bought it. I don't mean checked it out, as in the pinetop-lakeside library, that ain't the way I roll.

I can't quickly find out what the M.J. stands for, so, we'll keep calling her that. I'll do MJ. Never mind, I just did, it's Mary Jane! I love that name. OK, onto the book review.

I enjoyed the book. Lots of short chapters, lots of research and quoting of happiness experts. Wouldn't it be cool if someday someone is writing a book like this and they're quoting me? Get real. How about, "Do nothing and achieve all things.". Ooops, that's kevJuan. Really, onto the review.

I recommend the book, primarily because it's easy to read, and full of positive ideas about getting control of yourself. There's lots of suggestions for getting focused and working on your goal(s). I'll read it again. Here are some of my favorite quotes (you knew this was coming). Every single link, to every single picture/page here is made up, I have no idea if it's who these folks are or not, well a couple of um I know ARE NOT!

• Nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin
• Every successful person I have heard of has done the best he could with the conditions as he found them, and not waited until next year to be better. E. W. Howe
• People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching cold. John Jay Chapman
• When all is said and done, a lot more is said than done. Lou Holtz
• A goal without an action plan is a daydream. Nathaniel Branden
• Be like a postage stamp - stick to one thing till you get there. Josh Billings
• The ark was built by amateurs and the Titanic by experts. Don't wait for experts. Murray Cohen
• Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution. William A. Foster
• Time is a created thing. To say "I don't have time" is to say, "I don't want to." Lao Tzu
• Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. George Washington Carver
• Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers
• We do this one day at a time in a row. Craig (posted on a recovery website)
• There are two voices in your head - one is always wrong. Karen Casey
• Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain. Edward De Bono
• We are the choices we make. Meryl Streep