I found your blog sometime in the last couple of months and got more and more excited as I followed along… I knew I wanted to buy the book but was broke, so I waited, and then I saw that you posted about a couple of contests to win copies so I entered both. A few days later – in the middle of serious self-questioning and transition – I decided that I had to have the book and ordered a copy from Amazon. The day it came I found out I won the Startup Princess contest! A couple days later I found out I’d also won Suzanne Marques’s contest…. I told Suzanne I’d already won a copy (so I have two now, the one I bought and the one I won, and I’m waiting for the perfect moment to give it to someone in my life, just when they need it). Talk about manifesting your desires. (Actually, something similar happened with something else I wanted badly but couldn’t afford – a Bamboletta waldorf-style doll for my daughter – I won two of them! So I have more faith in this “manifesting” thing than I used to.)
I just finished the book last night (I’ve been pegging away at it for a couple of weeks) and I am a dyed-in-the-wool “Sophisticated Nostalgic.” Everything about me, from the tailored vintage clothes (in which I present Silver Screen movies at a local historic cinema) to my “rapacious intellect” (statement of a former lover) screams this Style Statement.
Can you tell I’m tickled? I surely am!
When I got to that answer, my smile just beamed and I thought “Bingo!” Your insightful findings about Sophisticates (how curious and intricate and cosmopolitan and citified we are) hit the mark exactly.
I first saw Style Statement on Gretchen Rubin’s “The Happiness Project” blog. I was fascinated and ordered the book as soon as it was available for pre-order.
The first thing I did with my copy was skim the Style Vocabulary. Elemental caught my attention, so I read the definition in full. As soon as I read the definition, I knew that Elemental would be one of my words; it was so very very me.
My style statement was unearthed during a lovely appointment with Carrie a few months ago (Timeless Discovery). I continue to joyfully explore what I love, why I love it and what it means to create a life in full bloom. New projects for me lately: an Artist’s Way course (with Julia Cameron herself - how fabulous!), an on-line poetry workshop, a French class, becoming a doula to work with dying people. I’m discovering (there’s that word again) so much about the things I want to do and to give. I can’t wait to see what happens next!
My favorite synonym for discovery: buried-treasure.
Sincerely,
Kathleen
