This book has been on my To Read list since I was probably 15, and it would have maybe been more useful then. Partly it's gratifying to read through and realize how many of these tips are not useful to me because I already have a handle on them, but it's also just not a very good guide. I think the book is trying to do too much, for one thing, but for another it "teaches" you how to live a super bland conventional life within narrow societal parameters and honestly, how to be kind of a bitch. While I understand it's just a broad sort of guidebook and cannot possibly address every possible circumstance, I really really did not enjoy the author's vibe on the ones she did decide to address. If this book helps you, fantastic, but suffice to say it was not the one for me.