Edit Your Life: A Handbook for Living with Intention in a Messy World
by Elisabeth Sharp McKetta
Tarcher, 2023 (224 pages)
Are you looking for a big change in your life, yet feeling stuck? The author of Edit Your Life, gives you a compelling and unique guide that blends personal reflection with practical advice, encouraging readers to curate a more intentional and joyful existence. She draws on her expertise as a writer and teacher and takes the concept of "editing" from a literary perspective to a life practice, empowering readers to identify and eliminate the distractions and excess that hinder their well-being. It's a warm, easy guide with helpful self-questions that spark your imagination.
With the demands and complexity of this modern life and the constant push of social media to be and do more, you can easily become overwhelmed and disconnected from what is truly important. The book offers eight distinct, yet interconnected ways for "editing" our lives and encouraging some self-reflection and action to direct us towards purpose and a feeling of well-being. Her advice is deeply rooted in her own life journey where she does some reprioritizing, moving to tiny house living, and finding her right balance between work and family life, incorporating her editing principles. It is engaging and less daunting than you might realize.
Beyond the theme of intentional living, she gets into other areas of life that can benefit from this "editing" process. Things like growing your creativity, managing time effectively, growing relationships and finding contentment in simplicity. This book emphasizes the importance of finding out what truly serves you and having the courage to release what no longer adds value, whether from physical possessions, draining commitments, or limiting beliefs.
This book has gotten quite a bit of praise from readers and its positive impact on their lives. Sometimes it is hard to put a finger on what it might be that brings us meaning and purpose in our lives. This inner journey makes it easy step by step, teaching you how to shape your own life story, transform your mundane routines into intentional practices and ultimately to foster a life that truly reflects your values and aspirations.
Elisabeth Sharp McKetta is a multifaceted writer, teacher, and editor whose work spans poetry, fiction, memoir, and biography. She’s the author of thirteen books, including Edit Your Life (2023), Awake with Asashoryu (2022), and She Never Told Me About the Ocean (2021). Her writing often explores the intersections of myth and memoir—a theme she developed during her Ph.D. studies at the University of Texas. For a list of her other works, as well as more information on her, check out her website Cheers | Elisabeth Sharp McKetta – Writer | Teacher | Editor
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