Get Your Shit Together


Get Your Shit Together: How to stop worrying about what you should do so you can finish what you need to do and start doing what you want to do is a self-help book written by Sara Knight. Throughout the work, she heavily relies on her personality through the use of tone and relatability to connect to the reader. I was drawn to the variety that she uses for her book, for example, there aren't just slabs of solid text but she includes boxes for specific ideas, comprehensible diagrams, list formatting, and blank spacing for readers to project themselves onto. Some of the advice that stood out to me was "The Art of Willpower", where she gives if, then statements that tie in motivation and execution, since I fall under the same line of thought when making decisions. Personally, I don't really like how she projects her personality onto the book too much, though it does make it stand out, it's just straight-up corny. Basically, her advice is pretty solid, while none of the ideas are really new to me, they aren't ones that people shouldn't take. However, her execution is a bit much, especially when she tries too hard to appeal to as many people as possible.

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