Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies

I was intrigued by this book and finally decided to pick it up at my local bookstore.

Then while reading the first chapter, I wasn't sure if this book choice was a good one. I'm not in my 20s, I'm married, and I have kids. How can I relate to this 20-something single woman who is having different problems than I am?

But after reading further, I realized this book was just the thing I needed, right at this moment in my life.

Tara Schuster not only opens up about her traumatic upbringing, but she does it in a way that not only recognizes her privilege in being able to change her life because of it.

So many people are unaware that while a traumatic life event has its own challenges, it's the time afterward that can be the most difficult.

I'm eight months into being post-treatment for breast cancer, and I've been feeling lost- an identity crisis of sorts, while mitigating a pandemic and kids in remote learning, and a business that is also in an identity crisis.

This book wasn't a magic wand that fixed everything. But it was a blueprint to how I could map out doing the work that will help me heal and find myself again.

I'm not afraid of hard work, and neither is Tara. I'm also the type of person where humor has to be present in my life as much as possible, and I'm so glad Tara made humor a central theme throughout this book.

Now I want a workbook based on this book, lol. The book helped me solidify the concept that it is not selfish to work on oneself, in fact, it just may save your life.