An amusing read with some good tips. Could have been shorter but the author evidently had a quota for saying shit and fuck a lot so a shorter book wouldn't have worked. ( )

I keep reading Sarah Knight's book, although I am really virgo and mostly have my shit together/don't dedicate my time to pointless pursuits.
HOWEVER, I like her writing style and enjoy validation.
If you are not an earth sign, this book is probably for you! ( )

[full disclosure: This was a Goodreads Giveaways win]
I liked this little guide. I appreciated the lighthearted tone and the simple approach to setting goals and building good habits. This style was especially helpful to me as a chronic overthinker. Non-judgemental, easy to remember, and very irreverent. While I didn't have any major epiphanies, I'll keep it on hand for when I'm stuck in a rut or feeling overwhelmed. ( )

《Unlike many traditional self-help authors, I am going to use the word shit 332 times (including several shitmanteaus of my own invention), so please do not go on Amazon saying you were expecting sunshine and kittens and got shitstorms and shittens.》

I don't know if this book will ever help me get my sh*t together for real, but I think I will try to do my best to apply some of the advices Knight wrote in this book (I hope so omg, I already know I will miserably fail — this isn't the right attitude, I KNOW, but I don't care at this point lol) 👍 ( )

I never thought a book that had an expletive in the title and whose main analogy was based on the Chipmunks would be one of the most useful things I've read, but here we are.

I find it so much more accessible to get the intended advice from self-help books with this kind of humorous, straightforward, no-nonsense framing than ones with platitudes and flowery language.

I am 100% a Simon Chipmunk, based on the creepily accurate descriptions in the book. The entire analogy worked really well. Early on I realized that even though I'm quite successful using lists and being organized at work, I don't do it for my non-work life. WHY, self? I've already downloaded a to-do app and IT FEELS AMAZING. Applying the methods of strategizing and committing at home has cleared so much of the mental clutter the book is designed to reduce, so yeah. Super successful.

Also I felt directly called out in the perfectionism section, to the point that I had to pause reading to make room for my subsequent paradigm shift. Thanks, Sarah Knight. ( )