Inner Fitness for Celebrating Your Life

In a nutshell: An easy book written in a journaling format to help take a closer look at your life, celebrating things that you might otherwise ignore, discovering the inner-you. I enjoyed reading the journal and thinking about parts of my life I have not given a lot of thought to. First Paragraph: (This is the first paragraph in the section for January - Celebrate your Body) The month of renegotiations, January offers us the opportunity to change. When we think of changing ourselves, we usually think of our outer selves, our bodies. But we can lose this exclusively surface attitude toward ourselves - even if we know we have some work to do in the gym. This January, love the body you have been given, and love everything inside of it. Don't forget that you have a heart, soul, and personality. My Review: The book has a very nice Forward by Olympian Annie Audain, who explains how journaling has helped her see what she has achieved, and helped her accomplish her goals. Rebecca Evans goes on to explain how writing/journaling has changed her life. She explains that using this journal to help document the joys in our life will help us (as women) celebrate our life and help us to better understand what our purpose is, bringing out the inner woman in each of us. This journal does not have dated pages, so it makes it easy to pick up at any point. It includes "Personal Journey Contract" and a personal "Disclaimer" that tells us that we shouldn't feel guilty about anything we do not complete within the book. It also includes a "How to Use This Journal" which explains that there is no wrong way to work through the journal, go page-by-page, or skip around - it is all acceptable. The journal does have general challenges for each month: January - Celebrate Your Body February - Celebrate Your Mind March - Celebrate Your Spirit April - Celebrate Your Age May - Celebrate Your Ambitions June - Celebrate Your Dreams July - Celebrate Your Footprints August - Celebrate Your Strengths September - Celebrate Your Seasons October - Celebrate A Pause November - Celebrate Your Sisters December - Celebrate the Life You Are NOT Living The pages in between the monthly sections each have an inspirational saying, and plenty of space to journal. Readability: This book/journal was very easy to read. Each month has a short passage, then inspirational sayings. Each month also features a different watermark type image on the pages. Overall: I really enjoyed the journal, and the fact that it encouraged me to view myself in a different manner, looking at different areas of my life I had not necessarily thought of. Rebecca Evans provides both inspiring and challenging thoughts, encouraging us to really look at ourselves and to watch how we change as we discover the inner-woman. (Note - I have sloppy writing at best, and can't write in a straight line, so found writing on a page without lines to be challenging. On the other hand, I also enjoyed the lack of lines when I chose to s