Girl, Stop Apologizing

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Amazon Best Sellers of 2019 in Books #6，定格日期：2019年3月8日。

Sometimes, the perfect book comes along at just the right time, and all you can do is thank the universe for giving you that book exactly when you needed it.

Rachel Hollis’ premise is simple: women spend too much time apologizing for our dreams. She gives the all-too-relatable example of how she used to minimize her own passion project — her website and social media work to inspire women to live their best life — as just a hobby when the reality was that she was already tracking thousands of followers and generating a lot of income. As women, we’re brought up to believe our worth lies in our value to other people — as a mother, daughter, sister, employee and so on — and Hollis says we need to own our dreams and assert our right to our own happiness.

I also love that Hollis acknowledges that reality doesn’t always make it easy to follow your dreams. Possibly your reality is that you’re working three jobs to make ends meet. Or that you’re dealing with a screaming newborn baby and can’t just take time when you feel like it to train for that marathon. Hollis acknowledges these potential barriers, and encourages us to carve out whatever me-time we can, in a way that works for us. She also reminds us that we are worth a little me-time, and more importantly, that we do have the right to prioritize ourselves.

I loved the three components that it was made up: excuses to let go of, behaviors to adopt, and skills to acquire. This is a book that a lot of people are not going to like to hear because it is not only for discipline, but it is about finding a way to make things happen. Yeah, you might be uncomfortable during the process, but it deals with communication and planning. The truth is not one that people will like to hear.

In the end, I feel as though Hollis’ content is about creating support for one another. The most important takeaway from this book is that, as women, we spend so much time and energy prioritizing other people’s needs, when we have every right — and in fact, every obligation — to prioritize ourselves and our hopes, dreams, secret wishes, every bit as much, if not more.