I'm reading through a book by Richard Carlson. It's part of his Don't Sweat the Small Stuff series. I'm doing a book review on Don't Sweat the Small Stuff for Teens for my interpersonal communication class. At first I though it would be a cheesy self-help book but it's actually not so bad. I'm just barely 1/10 into the book (literally, because there are 100 chapters and I just finished the first 10) but it looks quite promising. And no, it doesn't read like a novel or even poetry, but it makes sense. It's quite simple, too. When you think about it, the things written about in this book are things that most of us already know. Like how you should let go of the small things ("bad hair day", certain people not liking you the way you want them to) that bother you so that there will be less stress. But then there are also little suprises that actually teach you. Like how saying "I know" in a conversation can actually be bad thing. (Wow, and I keep saying that, too.)

There are still 90 more "stories" to read through, and I'll bet half of it, or even more are things I've already experienced in my life but never thought that they would be something I could write a whole book on. Ha.