katrina221

It is called Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman. My boyfriend told me that I should read it four years ago, and I picked it up a few days ago, but only read 13 pages because I keep getting distracted and reading other things, such as blogs, magazines, other books. I start too many and don’t finish, so I am going to finish each book now. I am going to read a book a week no matter what, even if it means less time on the net, which it probably will.

Sadly, I am aware that to continue in this goal, which I have been doing for a few months, I have to limit my contact with a close friend of mine. She is very obsessed with shopping, name brands, image, etc. She always complains that her and her husband have so many expenses and is always talking about getting more money, even though she and he make close to 6 figures, and she consumes alot. The problem is that everytime that we hang out, she is engaged in shopping or eating at an expensive restaurant that I cannot afford being unemployed, not to mention being a continuous complainer that is affecting me as well. We don’t have alot in common anymore, but since she is an old friend, I don’t want to ditch her completely. I don’t want to be sucked into the consumerism, so I have been just talking on the phone alone lately with her, and making excuses for not coming out. I have spoken to her at length about not wanting to spend, etc. but she doesn’t get it. It seems that I will have to talk to her even less to distance myself from her.

I really want to go to grad school, and I need to do excellent at the GRE. I am getting jitters about not doing well enough to get into a good school, especially on the math part. I don’t have money to take a prep course. Can I still do well without the prep course?