Carra Riley has taken common sense wisdom which we can all use and made it fun. I just finished this wonderful book and found myself nodding, chuckling, and making notes over and over. it is a gem of a book full of practical useful and very do-able plans to make life manageable, less stressful, and thoughtful. the chapters "Its Not My Monkey," and "Kicked to the Curb," took longer to read through only as so many examples from my own life and those people I know came to mind. I wish every teenager going to college, or leaving home, had this book under their arms, and all of us could use it especially when life's changes and stressors seem higher than normal, or as Carra Riley describes it cow pies are flying at us. Using humor and practical wisdom makes those times manageable so that one can perhaps enjoy the learning curves life gives us.