How to Give Up Shopping (or at Least Cut Down): The Journey Back to Conscious Spending
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 | Product Details: Paperback 122 pages Release Date: 02 February 2010 Publisher: Hardie Grant Books ISBN: 1740667352 Rating:  Sales Rank: 45339 | | Look for similar books by subject: | | Customers who bought this item also bought:
| | Customer Reviews: Like a letter from your best friend (06 June 2010)I devoured this pretty little book. It reads like a letter from your best friend - the tone is chatty, honest and friendly which makes it immensely readable. The advice is direct and manageable. It's not always comfortable reading however, as to get out of a shopping addiction, you do need to stop shopping, which isn't easy! But the process becomes a lot more manageable with this book full of tips and suggestions that encourage readers to explore their creative sides and seek their thrills in other places than the shopping mall - all with the aim of discovering a richer and more meaningful life experience. As someone with what I think of as a 'mild' shopping problem (never been in debt, but can't let a day pass without buying something) I found this book incredibly reassuring. Here was a successful, intelligent, witty woman who had successfully dealt with the same issues I have been struggling with. Reading her story made me feel a lot less alone as well as a lot less crazy and shallow! It becomes clear in the later parts of the book that she does overcome her shopping problems and her perspective shifts - charity, thrift and relationships all become focuses of her life and she discovers what is truly important. I would like to say thank you for an honest book so full of sense and join with the previous reviewer in wishing the author every good thing in life. loved it (22 April 2010)This book is so personal, gets to you from page one. It's helpful without pressing u, without breathing down your neck. Amazingly well-written, and touching. I think the power of this book is underestimated, it clearly helped me get to a new idea of myself, who i used to be, and who i want to be. i just want to be happy,and reading this i realised that shopping was just filling my gap of unsatisfaction about my work and my lifestyle choices. i'm not quite there yet but i find myself thinking about parts of the book during my day, every day, and that helps. i was unconscious by choice,now i'm just trying to get my concsiousness back. A million thanks to the writer, i feel like i've known her for ages, and i really wish her health and happiness. she helped me understand how useless and painful all this has been. just thanks. Myrsini Megalou | |
