I promised myself that I would never ever ever choose a self-help book for this blog's Book Club. In general, I am judgemental of that genre (probably because my self needs lots of help) and I've always been of the opinion that I could be accomplishing so much in the time it would take to read a book about becoming more productive/happy/peaceful. Probably (definitely) deep down, I was scared to be the schmuck who needed one, and thought if I worked hard enough then I never would. That worked for a solid decade, but as you guys know from reading this blog, Hollywood has ground me down and my confidence and faith that everything won't just go to shit has slipped a bit (lot). Tony ordered this book, "Big Magic" by Elizabeth Gilbert, as a surprise to help boost me up and honestly, I started reading it just so he couldn't say "Why don't you read that book?!" the next time I cried melodramatically over my career (or lack thereof). And then I realized maybe I DO need a self-help book, because I am loving this one...View Article
