Just read tonight: about half of The Millionaire Mind, by Thomas Stanley. After that I just skimmed and read the bold text. His main point was "you don't have to have been a good student to be successful", and stressed having faith, perseverence, and good people skills. I also got The Millionaire Next Door out of the library, but I think I'll skip it. His points were good, but a lot of them were what I would consider "common sense". Like "live below your means." Given the state of many Americans' finances, though, maybe these things aren't as common as I expected.
More interesting to me: I've been reading Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want, and so far that's been fun. I am being good and actually doing the exercises, and reminding myself of traits that I'd forgotten I had. All in the name of discovering my next career. I know that schoolteaching is preparing me for something, but I haven't yet figured out what it is. I also borrowed I could do anything if I only knew what it was, but then left it at Liz's for her to look at. Based on Wishcraft so far, I'm interested to switch with Liz next week.
Meanwhile, I've started reading a book on the Alexander Technique, which looks like it might somehow become part of my future once I figure out what my future is.
Finally, I'm hoping that The Epidemic will arrive for me via interlibrary loan in time for my Christmas vacation week. I saw the title listed in the Rivendell catalog and was intrigued. And then I bought a couple of fabulous wool shirts from them.
Magic Person is away for almost a month, giving me ample time for solitude and violin and dejunking and reading and figuring out what the heck I will be doing in my next life. Working on the negative space.