James's Reviews > Your Money or Your Life

I do not know much about the life of the author. But I imagine that Dave Ramsey had a lost twin sister who was abducted from her evangelical family and raised on a commune near San Francisco and fed a steady diet of locally sourced vegan organic food and the Grateful Dead albums. Her philosophy is to live simply without debts and save for the future. The book is full of inspirational stories along these lines :" Juanita was stuck in a toxic wall street legal firm and in a loveless marriage. She caught a vision of what her life could be like in the program. She realized that by scaling back her lifestyle she could work less and live more. So she left her husband and job and moved to a small town in rural Oregon. She lives in a modest home where she rents two bedrooms to like minded individuals who pay for rent partially with cash and partially with massage and holistic dental treatment. Juanita spends three hours every morning working on a farmers market and co-op. She spends each afternoon advocating for animal rights. She plans to live this way until her body is discovered her face half eaten by her cats. " All kidding aside, this book is a great inspiration for people who are looking to simplify their lives so they dont have to spend so many hours at a stressful job.