A review by somelauren
Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes

5.0

So I listened the audiobook. I wasn't a huge fan of the tone at first, but I kept going due the good reviews. Somewhere around the middle of chapter two it hit me, Shonda Rhimes and I have something in common. That was not what I expected. She is writing a book for people like me who are introverts and have anxiety saying she sees us, she knows us, she IS one of us.* I also appreciate that she also didn't write it like a self help book, saying you need to do this and that to love your life. She tells her personal story and acknowledges that her life is different from a lot of people's, so this might not work for everyone. I doubt I will do a year of yes anytime soon, but seeing Shonda succeed on such a grand scales gives me the faith I can get through more of my anxieties than it feels like right now.

*paraphrased from somewhere in the book. Audiobooks make proper citations much trickier.