Day 3351 – Profit First – A Book That Changed How I Look At My Businesses And Income – Read A New Book Month Day 13

Posted on September 13, 2018 by 365 days of marriage

I first heard of Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine* by Mike Michalowicz on Sunny Lenarduzzi’s YouTube channel. I’m SO glad that this book found its way into my reading list. I just finished it yesterday and I have to say, it has already had an impact on our businesses. We have adjusted every source of income to take a profit out. So I can say, all of our sources of income are profitable now.

There are lots of books about finances and income and how to allocate your money, but what I really liked about this one was he gives you a system that works with where you are. It encourages baby steps and taking a good, hard look at what you’re doing. As luck would have it, Bret listened to this at the same time, so we were able to talk about what we learned in almost real time. It is so important to be on the same page with finances!

If your business isn’t profitable or if you’d like to increase your profitability, this is the book for you.

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Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine*

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Day 3350 – Ready Player One – A Book For Video Game Fans – Read A New Book Month Day 12

Posted on September 12, 2018 by 365 days of marriage

I’ve read Ready Player One* by Ernest Cline twice and it was just as enjoyable each time. It is packed with an interesting story (I LOVE tournament type stories), hilarious, and chocked full of 80’s references. Bret and I both read a lot but we don’t typically read the same books either at the same time or at all. After I read this book though, I essentially shoved the book into his hands and forced him to read it. The only other time I’ve done that was with You Are A Badass At Making Money. Thankfully, I was not wrong in my suggestion as he loved it too.

If you’ve seen the movie or have read the book and not seen the movie, well, to be honest, they’re two different things. I understand the changes they made for the screen but there was so much they left out. What helped me not hate the movie because of so many differences was to think of them as two different animals. The movie was still a fun ride, I will give it that.

If you’re looking for a fun fiction book that gives you lots of great brain pictures, this is the book you’re looking for (said in my best Obi-Wan voice).

Ready Player One*

Check out all of my 2018 Read A New Book Month recommendations.

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Day 3349 – Blue Sky White Stars – A Children’s Book That Captures The Heart Of America – Read A New Book Month Day 11

Posted on September 11, 2018 by 365 days of marriage

Seventeen years ago, the events of 9/11 made me realize how much I love this country and that I am actually quite patriotic. Having driven across this country four times and seen so many amazing places and met many great people, I can’t help but love it even more. During my year of reading children’s books, I came across the book I’m sharing today. Blue Sky White Stars* by Sarvinder Naberhaus and illustrated by Kadir Nelson brought me to tears upon reading. Despite being short on words (a total of 68), the images and contrasts are starking and moving. It is an amazing picture of our country, with all its diversity.

If you’re looking for a book to share the vastness of our great country with your kids or if you want a beautiful book about this old U S of A, this is the book for you.

Blue Sky White Stars*

Check out all of my 2018 Read A New Book Month recommendations.

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Day 3348 – Dream Big, Think Small – A Book That Surprisingly Changed Everything – Read A New Book Month Day 10

Posted on September 10, 2018 by 365 days of marriage

I’ve talked about Dream Big, Think Small: Living an Extraordinary Life One Day at a Time* by Jeff Manion before, but it bears repeating during read a new book month, because this one completely changed my life and mindset about small steps.

Before I read this book, I stressed about how much work I was doing on this blog and really, all areas of my life. I felt like what I was working on just wasn’t making a difference in my life. But this book taught me that even little, bitty, baby steps added up to a lot over time. Just the act of showing up and writing for five minutes each day adds up to two and a half hours of writing in a month. Just the act of showing up for this blog every day and writing a few hundred words adds up to about half a million over the lifetime of the blog. I was floored by that one right there. This idea of just reading a few pages every day in a few books adds up to full books read.

If you’re feeling like you’re not making headway on things and find that you’re beating yourself up, this really is the book for you. I point to this book as a huge life-shifting book, and often. What’s funny, is I found it completely randomly. It wasn’t in the new books section, it wasn’t recommended by someone else. I was killing time in the library, and walking the stacks, and found it that way. I don’t do this type of library search often, but I’m so glad I found this book. I read it last year, but it is still helping me to not negate the small stuff I do every day.

Dream Big, Think Small: Living an Extraordinary Life One Day at a Time*

This photo is a picture of how I track the “small stuff” in my life. I’ve since modified this to include quite a bit more, but the idea is the same, little bits, every day.

Check out all of my 2018 Read A New Book Month recommendations.

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Day 3347 – Sober Mercies – A Book About An Alcoholic Christian – Read A New Book Month Day 9

Posted on September 9, 2018 by 365 days of marriage

After I got sober, I tried to read a few memoirs by alcoholics. I found myself a little depressed and just not encouraged by what I read. While being an alcoholic and the journey to sobriety isn’t exactly a super happy one, there was just something missing from each book I tried. That all changed when I read Sober Mercies: How Love Caught Up with a Christian Drunk* by Heather Kopp. I found encouragement and a journey similar to mine. It was one of the best books I’ve read about drinking and really encouraged me to keep working on my own book about my sobriety journey. If you think you’re a Christian alcoholic or a non-Christian alcoholic or are just curious what it’s like to be a Christian alcoholic, this is the book for you.