Androgoth XXx

Not a fan of Winnie the Pooh I have to admit that one of my favourite “Little Books is Eeyore’s Little Book of Gloom! Donates to me by my youngest sister..

You do know what’s wrong with self help books, don’t you? They promise to make you the wonderful person you thought you were before they drew to your attention that you are less than sufficient and in dire need of improvement. It’s a complete con. One of the best and most useless books I wasted money on was a DIY one: “How to do 100 things you don’t need a man for”. Don’t get the wrong idea. I am sure if you want to hang a door without capable muscle that book does come in useful. Trouble is I had no intention, still don’t, to do any of those one hundred things. And how to unblock a toilet I was taught by osmosis when I was barely out of my nappies (diapers).

Then, and I bet my bottom Euro you know that title (which woman doesn’t) there was: “Feel the fear and do it anyway”. Trouble was I didn’t feel any fear (still don’t), neither did I want to do IT whatever ‘it’ was. To this day I have now idea what, was it Susan Jeffers, she was talking about.

However, I will admit to enjoying lifestyle books of the kind that tell you how to get rid of rubbish, and organise your sock drawer. And books on cleaning. I don’t know how long ago – let’s say a long time ago – I bought, no not Martha Stewart, the other American, Cheryl Mendelson “Home Comforts – The Art and Science of Keeping House”. It’s a hardback., 884 pages long – that includes the index, and tells you all about, say, wool fibres that you do NOT need to know in order to live a happy, clean, sober, self sufficient and content life. It’s a collector’s edition (I probably bought it on ebay) and I’d dearly love to sell it. Trouble is I lack the will to spend any effort on it. Now there is a title: “Lack the will and don’t do it”.

Maybe the three of us should pool our remaining inertia and help the world to become a better cobweb.

U

Do either of you have a self-help book on Action? Hmmm…