Julia Cameron's book "It's Never Too Late to Begin Again" just about saved my life--really got me sorted out and headed in my own good direction after leaving the workforce and my home state, caring for my husband until his death, and then caring for other family members until they moved away. For the first time ever I had my life back and could do whatever I wanted...it was a feeling of "OK, now I've arrived...but where am I?" I didn't have to go back into the workforce, and without family responsibilities at long last, I knew I could finally have the good, creative life I had never had time for before. (Yay! Freedom!) But how to pull it together. I spent time on each chapter, did my Memoir and my Morning Pages--already was doing a lot of walking--couldn't seem to get out to do artist dates...but got so much good out of that book. Even now, a couple of years later, I find that Morning Pages really balances me, calms me down--kind of like a conversation with a supportive best friend--but the friend is myself, helping myself...if that makes any sense. The book makes you work and think--gives you a lot to do to figure yourself out--for me, it was just the right book at the right time.
"How to be Idle" was humorous, but not all that helpful in practical terms. I read it, had a chuckle or two, but that was about it.
