Table of Contents
Part I In the Beginning
Ding-beep-buzz 3
I'm in Big Trouble 15
The Visibility from Mount Washington 19
Here I Come 37
No Steep Till New Skete 45
Off the Grid 51
The Tour 63
What's My Why? 67
Part II The Diary
Day 1 An Adult Time-Out 73
Day 2 Learning the Ropes 85
Day 3 The Distractor 101
Day 4 Murder, He Wrote 113
Day 5 The Retreat 125
Day 6 Mr. Sara Blakely 137
Day 7 I Didn't Learn This in College 151
Day 8 Off Campus 161
Day 9 Broken or Breakthrough 173
Day 10 Honest Moments 179
Day 11 Lunch with the Nuns 187
Day 12 Fitting In 199
Day 13 35,000 Decisions 207
Day 14 & 15 Reentry: Back to the Madness 213
Day 16 I'm Going Home Mother Monker 225
Back at Kate's Office 231
Part III Ten Real-World Benefits
1 #ItsNotJustaHose 235
2 #28470Days 239
3 #TheBestHaveaProcess 241
4 #HappinessTest 245
5 #DodgetheArrows 249
6 #GoWhereYouThinkBest 253
7 #Monotask 257
8 #MakeaContractwithYourself 261
9 #ExperiencelsOverrated 263
10 #BuildYourEdge 267
Part IV The New Beginning
Adding to My Life Résumé 273
A Final Thought 285
Afterword - Post-Monastery Update to the Trade Edition
Stay in the Game 289
The Wall of Fear 297
Acknowledgments 305
About the Author 307