Own Your Everyday: Overcome the Pressure to Prove and Show Up for What You Were Made to Do

Easy to read and very helpful.

Y’all. What an encouraging, inspiring, 100% relatable book. Such a practical, thought provoking read in this particular season of life. I can hardly put it down. I would absolutely recommend this to any of my girlfriends.

Sometimes you get handed the right thing at just the right time in life--Jordan Lee Dooley’s debut book Own Your Everyday is one of those things for me. I’ve been in a time of major transition after graduating college and trying to figure out my place in the world. I’ve listened to Jordan’s podcast, The SHE Podcast, since it launched and followed her for several years. Her words of encouragement have helped me along this journey already, but I didn’t expect the impact this book would have. When I first joined the launch team for this book, I expected to read and promote a good book (of course)--not a book that spoke exactly to where I am right now and who I am right now. But that’s what I ended up doing.Own Your Everyday is filled with personal anecdotes that can seem disjointed at first, but as you continue reading, Jordan connects each story to her points so artfully that you can’t help but admire the way she looks at her past experiences. Instead of seeing obstacles in her life as setbacks, she is able to acknowledge them for the growing points they were. Touching on topics such as outside pressure, un-met expectations, and discouragement, her words are applicable to almost any season of life the reader could be experiencing.Although I resonated with many of the stories she told, her experience with her Nana really hit home for me. I was surprised, in fact, that her story could be so incredibly similar to my own. Without revealing too much of her own story, we both experienced losing our Nanas our first year of college (and it seems to have shaped us both in similar ways.) As I read about her thoughts on this specific experience, especially her teenage reluctance to be the caretaker (it’s true, it’s hard to see someone who is supposed to take care of you become the one who needs care), I went through all those feelings all over again. As she reminisced on the lessons her Nana taught her, I reminisced on mine. This may not have been something Jordan intended when writing this specific story, but oh how it did impact me.The style of this book is very conversational. It’s been described by many as “feeling like a coffee shop girl talk,” and I would agree with that. From advice about purpose and planning to thoughts on freedom, envy, and vulnerability, this book has a little bit of it all. If you have anyone--a mom, sister, daughter, friend, anyone--who needs encouragement (or just a little push) at this point in life, I would recommend Own Your Everyday. I feel blessed to have read it and learned from it, and plan to come back to it throughout my life. Gift it to a graduate during this time of transition or a friend who needs it. You won’t regret it.I purchased this book after receiving a copy free to review from the publisher, and all opinions are unbiased and my own.

I'll admit, when Jordan said she was going to be releasing a book "that would be for everybody" I was a bit skeptical and honestly a little bit concerned because I thought she would end up compromising the Gospel/biblical approach to life in favor of appealing to secular audiences.THANKFULLY Jordan did not do this. She was clear in making sure the reader understood that our purpose is not tied to a specific career path, married life, etc but rather to HOW we live our lives. This includes cultivating relationships with others around us right where we are, battling our pride and the need to be better than other people just for our own glory, trying things and being okay with failing knowing that it in no way thwarts God's plan for our lives, taking that first step, and knowing that our identity is in no way tied to what we do BUT in who God says we are.I also liked how Jordan had practical steps in almost every chapter that gave the reader some actionable ways in which she could carry out the truths Jordan spoke about.Although I know this book was not marketed strictly towards Christians, I do wish Jordan had done a better job at presenting the Gospel and salvation a bit clearer than she does on the part titled "The Door I Never Opened". I wish she had just spelled it out a bit more i.e. talked about SIN and how that distorts the view of ourselves and leads to our pride, need to prove ourselves to people, and wanting to do everything out of our own strength. This section could have been presented better than it was but honestly, apart from that, I would recommend this book.I also wish she had clearly spelled out that our purpose in life is to glorify God with our lives. I believe Jordan didn't do that because she's trying to appeal to secular audiences as well.I am thankful for Jordan's ministry because I got to join The Sisterhood when it was still in its early phases and I've met some wonderful women who love the Lord and most importantly, His Word. I am happy to go out there and Own My Everyday by living intentionally because of my identity in Christ and making sure I'm valuing others above myself and doing everything as unto the Lord.

I love this book! It's such an amazing read. Was in a book club and we were reading this. Now we are going to read her second book as well since we loved this one so much

“I might not be where I want to be, but I am where I’m suppose to be. My circumstances don’t define me. I’ll press on past the pressure to prove because God made me on purpose for a purchase. I’ll choose to see people. I’ll share my story even before I get to the happy ending. I’ll give my gifts away instead of just looking for my gift. Instead of avoiding failure, I’ll bravely step into the fun of the adventure. I’ll be a culture changer instead of being changed by the culture. I’ll celebrate the beauty of this season and the challenges that come with change. I’ll embrace the waiting, and in the middle of it, I’ll love people with a heart of intentional purpose.” - @jordanleedooley Own Your Everyday ⠀⠀I truly loved the messages in this book and the warm voice that Jordan carries throughout. She speaks on perfectionism, insecurities, faith, imposters syndrome, self love, personal fulfillment, and so much more. ⠀⠀She takes you on an extensive journey through her experiences, success, and failure that is equally inspiring and heartwarming. ⠀⠀There were plenty of time when I felt like I was chatting with Jordan at my kitchen table. ⠀⠀This is such a good read and I highly recommend for any woman looking to break into the personal development genre. ❤️

This book was disappointing. It was full of the same old platitudes and nothing really new. One thing that I found frustrating was that it is meant to be about taking control of your everyday, but the author kept referring to god’s plan. I’m not religious but even if I were it seems somewhat of a cop out to suggest that you can’t really own your everyday anyway because your life has already been planned by god. If I held that belief I wouldn’t buy a book about taking control of my own life would I? I persevered and read about half of the book before donating it. Hopefully someone else will find it more useful than me.

This book is lovely, an easy read with practical tips on changing your mindset. Jordan speaks from faith but doesn't bombard you with it, and really, the whole thing is like sitting and talking with your best friend as she really sounds like she has your best interests at heart. Give this book a try sister, I promise you won't be disappointed!

This book honestly couldn’t have come at a better time thank you definitely would recommend

Everybody has to read this book

Currently reading it. It's a nice and easy read book. Love it