Log #4

Book: Seriously...I'm Kidding

Author: Ellen Degeneres

Page: ~19

Well, after struggling for a while, I found out The Life List is just a torture for me to read. Thus, I choose another book called Seriously...I'm Kidding. Ellen Degeneres is one of the people I admire and I love watching Ellen Show. When I saw the book in Eslite Bookstore, especially the back of the book where Ellen trying to persuade readers to buy her book, I bought it immediately.

This book isn't like a normal book. It isn't an autobiography about herself and it doesn't have chapters like regular novels. Ellen talks about her life and some interesting things that I thought were meaningful at the same time. For example, when she talked about inner beauty, I had the same feeling. Last year when I was a freshman, I was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome. I gained almost twenty kilograms in just a couple of months. I lost all my confidence and I was very depressed. However, my mom and friends encouraged me that being beautiful is more than just appearance and that I could do so much to make myself a better person without being skinny. I couldn't agree more when Ellen said we need to learn to accept ourselves.

Another chapter called Stuff interests me as well. When Ellen said she moves a lot so she doesn't have a lot of things she doesn't need or won't need, I thought it was weird. Nevertheless, my grandpa popped into my mind while I read. My grandpa used to like keeping many things, even an empty box that he doesn't need at all. My mom couldn't stand him and she thought he was collecting trash. But then I thought about myself, too. I always get attached to something, like clothes, toys, or papers that I won't fit in or use them anymore. Every time when it's Chinese New Year and Mom asked us to clean our room and throw away the things I wouldn't need, I would hesitated whether I should get rid of them or not (I usually keep them.) However, after grandpa past away and my family was about to move to a new place, I threw almost everything my mom considered useless. I guess sometimes letting go of things and giving things away are hard but important, just like Ellen said. From now on, I rarely struggle whether I should get rid of stuff that I won't use anymore because I think when you let go, you're creating space for something better.