This week I decided to finish up a book I started in passing. New Years Day while waiting for my friend to get out of the shower and get ready I picked up "Why Men Love Bitches" off the book shelf. I feel like this is one of those books that was really popular there for a while and has lost a lot of the momentum.
I have a lot of thoughts about this book. Similarly to "He's Just Not That into You" I do think that at some point in her life every woman needs to hear what both of these books have to say. Sometimes you just need some tough love. I will say though that not read at the right time it will lead to a lot of scoffs and incredulous looks. I often found myself re-reading the page just to make sure I understood what Argov was telling women to do. I think that the overall messages of both of these books is that you should ultimately respect yourself and only put up with someone else who respects you as well that advice is a little extreme. Also, WMLB is not exactly a great read for any woman who understands the current constraints of the economy or who cares even remotely about not being bound to traditional gender roles. I would also recommend only reading the first 70 pages or so because the later half of the book is just a lot of repetition. Trying to read this before bed became very confusing because I always thought I had accidently started re-reading older pages only to find out that I was on the right page, it was just the same message over and over.
52 changes has been much less painful.
1. Hydrate
2. Sleep more
3. Get more active
check, check, and check. I have been getting up earlier in order to do yoga. I actually really like it because it gives me time in the morning to make my bed, get my life together, and get dinner in the crock pot a lot of times without being stressed.
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