I discovered this book randomly. I was browsing for books on organization when the title jumped out at me: The EveryGirl's Guide to Life. It sounded intriguing so I pulled it off the shelf. I saw it was written by Maria Menounos and my first thought was, 'oh great, another one of these spoiled Hollywood women bragging about her wonderful life.' I knew who Maria was, but I didn't really know anything about her. As I started flipping through the pages I realized it really wasn't that type of book at all. It really is a detailed and helpful 'how-to' guide that all women can benefit from. She feels that the key to happiness is organization and documents all of the ways that she manages the various areas of her life. Her book is divided into five parts:
1. The EveryGirl Foundation (organizing, decorating, cleaning)
2. EveryGirl Has Style (skin care, makeup, fashion, hair/nails)
3. EveryGirl Emotional Foundation (friends/family, love)
4. Health and the EveryGirl (losing weight -- she wasn't always so trim, staying fit, recipes, health/well-being)
5. EveryGirl Business (work, travel, you are the CEO of your own life)
Maria is very relatable in this guide. She comes from very humble beginnings and knows the value of hard earned money. She opts to do a lot of her home repairs and installations herself to save money. She designed her closet on her own using pieces from Ikea, rather than spending the quoted $15,000 to have it custom built. She's a very busy woman and manages to juggle it all. There really is a lot of valuable information in this book. Some ideas are common sense ones that we've all heard before but serve as great reminders, while others are new or have her own spin on them. It's great for yourself or makes a really nice gift for a friend. I love it and am constantly going back to it.
The next time you're at the bookstore, have a look at it and see what you think!
Maria also has some really helpful videos up that are like little snippets from the book.
There are quite a few others that you'll see links to that were uploaded by Bing.
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