Life Is Long - by Cherie Soyoung Pae Kloss (Hardcover)

About the Book

If you're telling yourself this book isn't for you because you're locked into circumstances you can't change, because you didn't get your life off to a great start, because it's already too late, or because too many people are depending on you...

I wrote this book for you.

I wrote it for anyone who feels stuck--who wants to break out and try something different but who keeps not doing it. Maybe they think their circumstances are locking them in, maybe they're just scared, or maybe they think they could summon the courage and get into motion if they just knew where they wanted to go.

I wrote it for people who want something more--people who already have quite a lot but still feel restless and people who've never had much but aren't willing to give up on the idea of having more. Finally, I wrote this book for women--not in an exclusionary, "No boys allowed" way, but because most of the books out there on the personal and career development shelves seem to assume a male reader. They make recommendations that any mother knows are out of reach...

If you need to get kids to the school bus with their breakfasts eaten, backpacks packed, and at least most of their clothes on, matched, and right-side out, devoting the first three hours of your day to a morning routine of meditation, exercise, deep work, juicing, and day-planning might be fantastic. But so would a million dollars and a magic wand.

Book Synopsis

If you're telling yourself this book isn't for you because you're locked into circumstances you can't change, because you didn't get your life off to a great start, because it's already too late, or because too many people are depending on you...

I wrote this book for you.

I wrote it for anyone who feels stuck-who wants to break out and try something different but who keeps not doing it. Maybe they think their circumstances are locking them in, maybe they're just scared, or maybe they think they could summon the courage and get into motion if they just knew where they wanted to go.

I wrote it for people who want something more-people who already have quite a lot but still feel restless and people who've never had much but aren't willing to give up on the idea of having more. Finally, I wrote this book for women-not in an exclusionary, "No boys allowed" way, but because most of the books out there on the personal and career development shelves seem to assume a male reader. They make recommendations that any mother knows are out of reach...

If you need to get kids to the school bus with their breakfasts eaten, backpacks packed, and at least most of their clothes on, matched, and right-side out, devoting the first three hours of your day to a morning routine of meditation, exercise, deep work, juicing, and day-planning might be fantastic. But so would a million dollars and a magic wand.

From the Back Cover

Discover the power of the ten-year reinvention cycle.

Contrary to popular belief, life isn't short; it's long. Too long to be stuck in a predictable, challenge-free rut. Too long to feel trapped by your own success. There's no reason for the career choices you made in your twenties to dictate what you do ten, twenty, or thirty years later.

Cherie Kloss knows the joys that accompany developing new interests, following new passions, and renewing yourself. Full of practical processes and boundless optimimism, Life Is Long is Kloss's actionable career reinvention manual for women who want something more but don't know how or where to start.

Life is big! It wasn't meant to be lived in a box or defined by routine. Like you, it's interesting and complex, with an infinite capacity for change. Life Is Long is your guidebook to exploring new personal and professional growth, time and time again.