6. Everyone Worth Knowing

Life has been hectic lately, and my world has completely flipped upside down -hence the reason this blog is coming in at the last minute (Even thought I finished the book days ago!) For one, I decided in my quest for world domination (or just to find myself) that my job wasn't exactly what I wanted and so I decided to move on. I've decided what I want to do for now... I'm just gonna have to figure out how to get there. That's not unlike the character in this Everyone Worth Knowing. I did bond with Bette that way... we both knew in the back of our minds what we wanted but were to stubborn to admit it to ourselves. Seems we both have a thing for bumpy roads.

Its odd, this isn't at all what I was planning to write about when I sat down to do this particular blog. I was going to talk about how much this book drove me nuts. I was going to talk about how cliche this main character was and how her exploits left me feeling anxious enough to have to lay down the book on several occasions and walk away. She was an event planner. Her life was fast paced and as someone who is dealing with the exact same thing right now- it left me feeling tired. I was so pissed at Lauren Weisberger for writing about another socialite who gets what she wants and it all just happens to fall into her lap. I was going to complain about all that and now... it seems minute compared to the other theme at hand... and actually not at all true.

Why is it that some of us (ahem, Bette & Me) feel the need to run from what we're good at? Why do we take every curve and bump and bypass and sideways bike trail to finally end up where we're supposed to be all along? It seemed to me that all the good things fell into Bette's lap and it just really made me angry... and a little jealous! But now, a week and one letter of resignation later, I realize just because something falls into your lap, doesn't mean that its necessarily for you. Bette fell into this world of movie premiers, cocktail parties, trendy night club launches and gossip columns and it thrust her straight into the arms of America's most sought after playboy (How unoriginal is that storyline! Ha!) It felt like she had everything that a girl in her mid twenties could want. Don't lie, we've all dreamed about what it might be like to be famous. But then she realized it wasn't what she thought it would be. I think she honestly realized she'd never even thought to think about what it should be like. Man I do that all the time!

Why do we sell ourselves short? Why do we take the long way? Why do we make things so much harder for ourselves? Why is self truth so hard to accept?

I can truly see now why some people walk away from perfectly amazing things every day. I can see that because I did it this week and Bette did it and my best friend recently did it and I'm sure my mom has done it and my great great great great great grandfather probably did it. Just because something is good for you doesn't mean its good for me and I think that's the lesson that we can't truly learn until we start to make decision for ourselves- based on what we truly want and who we truly are. Sadly, for each person who has walked away from wonderful things for the sake of their own happiness, there are two more who never walk away because they think they're supposed to be someone they aren't.

So while I hated Lauren Weisbergers book at first, it's grown on me and it was completely fitting for what's been on my mind these past few days. Yes its kinda cliche, but aren't we all?

6/52 Books
1941 Pages Read.