In my younger years I hated reading; I was
always on the go, the youngest of three I felt like I needed to prove I could
keep up with my Sister and Brother! School was the same I always wanted
to be part of sports, dance, and cheer. I never wanted to settle down
long enough to read a book let alone a magazine. Starting in Middle
School and High School the teachers would require us to read stories and do
reports...I HATED this! It was always so boring to me, the book never
appealed to me! Once I was graduated and started a family of my own I
wanted to read to my children and realized while most parents would read their
favorite childhood stories...I really didn't have any. My parents read to
me but like I said I was always on the go didn't have time for that!
Slowly I began to find favorites that I would read to my little ones, The
Adventures of Frog and Toad, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, and so on. I
still never read a book for myself though, until...and don't laugh...Twilight.
Yup, Twilight came out and I found myself lost in the world of Vampires!
My brother came over and saw I had a book in my hand and said....
"Whoa look at this Mandy the little Book Worm!"
I laughed about it but he was right, it
was pretty crazy how fast I went from hating to read, to completely lost in a
book! I went to the store that night and bought the next two books
because I couldn't put it down and wanted to know what happened next!
After that series, I felt sad because it was over, and I found another
series that swept me away again, The Mortal Instruments! I realized
everyone can be a Book Worm if you find something that appeals to you! I
was 25 when I realized I enjoyed getting lost in a different reality.
These books helped me escape to a different world other than mine!
Now I am 31 I still love getting lost in
my stories...I don't care how old I get I will always love Paranormal Romances!
About 2 years ago I began the journey into starting my own business with Nerium International, I told you before at
first I kind of slacked off...big mistake on my part but I am over it and onto
new things! In my kit came a book called The
Slight Edge written by Nerium's founder Jeff Olson. Well this book wasn't
Paranormal Romance; so it didn't appeal to my eyes....at first. Once I
started really getting into my business and building Nerium on
a daily basis; I decided to check out this book I heard so much about! I
realized this wasn't the type of book to get lost in and escape my world, but
one to read a chapter a day and let change my life! This book is changing
the way I think (my philosophy)
it stays with me in everything I do and I am noticing my family and my business
is becoming stronger, through the lessons I am learning from The
Slight Edge! Some books let you escape and play pretend in your
mind, and others like The Slight Edge change your life and stay with you
forever! I have made a goal to read 10 pages of a "good" book
everyday...I am starting with The Slight Edge! I am going to post
about what I am learning and how this is helping my family and my Nerium Business!
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