I Do What I Want: The Unmotivated Young Woman's Guide to Independence

by Gina Covarrubias

"Gina Covarrubias is funnier than Sarah Silverman and Joan Rivers put together. Especially in a three way." – Kevin Keck, Oedipus Wrecked

Have you recently moved out on your own for the first time? Does the typical guidance you receive sound like, "Blah blah better yourself blah blah blah," and for once you’d like to hear a bit of wisdom you can actually use? Community college dropout Gina Covarrubias has just the advice you seek.

In this book you will learn:
How to tell what is leaking out of your car
Why you should avoid high-maintenance pets and couch guys
Which drugs will turn you into a toothless criminal
How to win lifelong friends and disown family members
Which qualifications to leave off of your resume
How to help your boyfriend improve in bed and when to give up
Why you should not use dish soap in the dishwasher
How to fight back against anti-feminist ideology
Why you shouldn’t spend your utility bill money on drugs
How to flush a toilet after your water has been shut off
And so much more!

Whether you have been counting the seconds until you turn eighteen so you can fly the coop or your parents are throwing this book at your ass on your way out their door at age thirty, you will find the tips and tricks inside I Do What I Want: The Unmotivated Young Woman’s Guide to Independence both practical and easy to remember when you are high.

178 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Gina Covarrubias was born in Southern California a few days before the Manson Family trial began. Today she lives and writes in Las Vegas. No one has wasted more time, money, and energy on bad men than Gina, and every bit of it was her own fault.

Gina is the author of Friends to the End and I Do What I Want: The Unmotivated Young Woman’s Guide to Survival. Her short stories, essays, and poetry have been published in Hip Mama, Bust, Burning Angel, Clean Sheets, and in bestselling New York Times author Pamela Des Barres’s book Let It Bleed.

Reviews

[Verna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved this Book! Many of us could have used this book 20 years ago. Gina Covarrubias' quick wit and bold entries about personal experiences makes this book quite exceptional. From page to page I could see in my mind the characters and their behaviors and being able to say I have know someone like this in the past, especially in my early twenties. It is amazing to realize that your group of friends were not the only ones with the "Official Couch Guy," only to realize he had reached his ultimate goal in life...your couch...Cheers to Gina and looking forward to her next book. Best regards, Verna Peddi.

[Neva · Rating 5 out of 5]

By using humorous examples from her own life, Ms. Covarrubias shares important advice on roommates, sexual relationships, and household manners and maintenance without patronizing the young reader. I loved reading this book as an adult and wish it was around when I was younger! But, like Ms. Covarrubias, I had to learn about things like couch guys and stunt dicks the hard way (no pun intended!).

If I ever need to get a gift for a young girl's high school graduation, I'm going to buy her this book. And I plan on recommending it to my adult girlfriends for the laughs and to remember what it's like to be a unmotivated and young.

[Ayodele · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book makes me feel like less of a f$#@ up!

[Maryann Horan · Rating 5 out of 5]

The know how

The ebook was very informational and helpful into knowing how to fix a sick when flooded and how to plunge a toilet and etc.