We all experience stress, sometimes every day of our lives! But the good part is we don't have to! There are ways to overcome the things that have kept you bound, allowing you to go through life carefree! Follow me on this short journey on how stress affects our lives and how we can make it go away!
Tanisha Renee Gladney, aka Tee Renee, a native of Oakland, CA, mother of three handsome boys, and self proclaimed "Jill of All Trades", fell in love with writing and telling stories as a little girl. Her mother says that ever since she could talk, Tee Renee would give you every detail of the story instead of just giving you the highlights like most people do. Her first try at public writing was a poem she wrote for a Black History program in high school and she has been hooked ever since. Through the years Tee Renee has been involved in writing by helping people with various writing projects, lending her literary skills to Swag Magazine CA as a contributing writer, interviewer, and editor, and blogging on a variety of subjects. After years of keeping ideas, story lines and characters in her head and heart, Tee Renee has finally decided to share this gift with the world. As an avid reader herself, she thrives for the kind of story that makes you feel like you are right there with the characters and that is exactly the kind of feeling she intends to give to her readers through her projects. A brand new author, she is extremely excited about her new releases Neighborhood Kandii and It Hurts to be your Mother. In her spare time Tee Renee enjoys cuddling up with a good book, watching movies, and spending time with her loved ones. Her life's mantra is to love hard, live every day as if it was your last, and laugh until you can no longer breathe!
This book was too short. It felt like the points raised by the author could have made a greater impact if only she had elaborated a little more. The examples shared are quite relatable.
I received 30 Days To A Stress Free Life yesterday evening and I am already done reading. But, that does not mean that I am finished with the book. If you have been reading my book reviews, you already are aware of how hard I can judge these books and authors. I have no intentions on deteriorating the egos of my peers but instead, wish to assist in their improvement in this craft. So, there is no shock that I immediately was disappointed in the size of the piece sent to me. 50 pages? Really? But, in the first chapter, I quickly realized that the Authoress had something to say and she did not come to play games.
I find that when people publish these small self-help books (or collaboration of pages, as I like to call them), they really just throw a bunch of words down onto a piece of paper, upload to the first self-publisher to pop up on their Google search and slap a price tag on it. And I judge them the harshest. If you dare to call yourself an author, at least be capable enough to have your “book” next to ours on the bookshelves. But, Renee carefully laid out her major points, supporting points, introduction, conclusion, sources and the entire body of work was uniform. Ugh! I love a uniform layout. I loathe when an “author” has a “book” full of unnecessary italicized and bold words, irrelevant quotes, in-consecutive paragraph layouts, fonts and font sizes! I could go on! Thankfully, I don’t have to because, Renee proved that she knew what she was doing.
My favorite chapter was Chapter 5 Money Matters. A good portion of my stress derives from financial situations. Being an author and personal chef, my income can be very unpredictable. Tee Renee, however, supplied me with seven very good tips to follow. Her book is full of activities to do as you read along but, on my first read through, I only stopped here. Tip #6: Try living off of 80% of your income. I loved that! My brother has been trying to get me to live by the 70-10-10-10 rule. Live off the 70%, 10% goes to charity/ tithes, 10% you invest and 10% you invest in yourself. Tee Renee says, live off of 80%, 10% tithes, 10% savings. I love them both.
Like I said, I am in no way done with this book. It definitely deserves a few re-reads and calls for your attention as well. Authoress Tee Renee, I give I’m Free! 30 Days To A Stress Free Life! 5 out of 5 stars.