Gave me a lot to think about, especially in re-thinking the assumptions a lot of us make about money and its relationship to our lives and happiness. A few ideas that stood out to me: 1) assign a dollar value to your time. That way you'll know if spending an hour to save $x is worth it, when maybe you could be using that hour to work instead. 2) Spend less on your house and cars, which frees up money for small (or large) indulgences that make you happy on a more regular basis. 3) Figure out the things and experiences that really make you happy, and then make a plan do to them more often.

So cute! How did I not know about this series growing up?

I put this audiobook on hold because I'd seen it on so many must-read lists about personal finance. And then when I got it I thought "What on the earth IS this?" Going back and seeing the 1920s publication date explained the benevolent sexism, but I still don't know why they had to go with King James Biblical language. The principles are sound, but listening was a slog.

First time with this author--it was a sweet cozy Brit-lit, I would definitely read more of hers.

Read this and did the diet in 2014 to lose baby weight, it got the last 12 pounds off and had me down at a pre-college weight--I felt really good and I didn't even exercise. I wished then that I'd found about it early and done it first, rather than spending months counting calories on an app and making very slow (and then no) progress.

Now I'm re-reading it to do it again, this time to burn off Baby #3's weight!

UPDATE: I started doing this again after Eva was born and I got NOWHERE. A friend got me onto counting macros & working out instead and it has been awesome. I still use some of the recipes (Thomas and I really like the turkey chili) but I love not having to cut whole food groups out of my diet.