The Check Book: 200 Ways to Balance Your Life [Paperback]

Bret R. Nicholaus (Author), Paul Lowrie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1999

The Check Book offers 200 suggestions - some humorously simple, others profound enough to change one's life - to bring balance into busy lives. Bret Nicholaus and Paul Lowrie's innovative question books, including Think Twice: An Entertaining Collection of Choices, have inspired and entertained hundreds of thousands of readers throughout the world. Here they bring their vision of simplicity and fun to anyone seeking more awareness and fulfillment in life.

The authors offer recommendations they've found useful in balancing their hectic lives: "Write a one-sentence mission statement for your life and carry it around in your pocket;" "Spend one full day carefully observing the everyday objects around you that you typically take for granted; strive to find the wonder in the details you often overlook;" and "Stop praying for things and start praying for people." This book is filled with easy tips that can improve an afternoon or change a life.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: New World Library (September 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1577311124
• ISBN-13: 978-1577311126
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,651,254 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From the Agent, Joe Durepos, October 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Check Book: 200 Ways to Balance Your Life (Paperback)

In The Check Book, authors Nicholaus and Lowrie, have produced an upbeat, entertaining collection of original inspirational suggestions for making the most of each day. The book will appeal to every reader who loves a quick, positive jumpstart to begin the day or a reflective respite in the midst of a busy one. The Check Book is an over-the-counter prescription for putting a smile back on your face and restoring your sense of wonder in the world around you.

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice gift or bathroom book, June 29, 2008

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Jill Florio "Reuse, reduce, recycle!" (Verde Valley, Arizona) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Check Book: 200 Ways to Balance Your Life (Paperback)

This is a book in the category of "a hint on every page." You can give it as a gift or keep it in the bathroom, or have it for a bedside reader.

The insights are pretty pedestrian but a few unusual nuggets slip through - like making a autograph album of specific types of people, renting yourself a nice car for a personal three-day get away, sitting down with a globe for fun, coloring with crayons, planting a tree in memory of a loved one. A lot of the suggestions are the finding your inner child variety. It's a good book for people who take life too seriously or who could use a mental pick-me-up.

The back of the book has an unusual section - an area to fill in your own daily "balance" insights. There is a space to write relaxation insights, simplicity insights, kindness insights, stability insights and more.

There are lots of books out there to help people simplify their lives; this is a good addition to the genre and a nice, inexpensive gift idea.