She learned to enjoy the life she has, and has become all the better for it.Īnd then Shonda put all the amazing lessons she learned in this book to share with all of us! Things like giving the commencement address at her alma mater, Dartmouth College, or going on Jimmy Kimmel for a live TV interview! In this year, she learned to better assert herself and her choices unapologetically, while taking better care of her health and her kids. So she decided to make 2014 the year she said yes to doing all of the things that scared her. In her own words, she’s literally “bringing home the bacon AND frying it up in the pan.” The lady is a BOSS, okay?īut Shonda also knew that she had grown comfortable in being behind the scenes.

She literally runs her own magical TV land (Shondaland to be exact), and she’s also a single mom to three girls. After all, declining all of these big events made perfect sense for her. Delorse then proceeded to tell her little sister all about how Shonda always works, but never makes time for fun anymore.Īt first, Shonda angrily tried to shake off her sister’s words. “You never say yes to anything,” Delorse told her. After hearing Shonda go on and on about all the events she’d been invited to that she had no intention of going to (out of “busyness” but really fear), her big sis dropped a line that shattered Shonda’s entire mindset. Shonda’s own journey on her Year of Yes in 2014 started with a simple but staggering statement from her older sister Delorse in Thanksgiving 2013. She didn’t go out to many events or do many interviews or have any fun…until the year that she details in this book. In reading the book, I found that she was an introvert like me, who stayed in her head to make up these wild stories we love so much. She worked and spent time with her family. Yet, with all of her fame and glory, Shonda truly liked to stay behind the scenes. Shonda created two out of three of these and serves as producer! She’s got a lot more on her list, too (check her credentials!). Especially those of us glued to our TVs for another crazy night of TGIT (Thank God It’s Thursday) with Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder. Unless you’ve seriously been living under a rock, you’ve definitely heard the name Shonda Rhimes before. Around this time last year, I started reading a book that truly shaped my 2017- Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person by writer and producer extraordinaire Shonda Rhimes! Especially as we’re getting ready to enter in another new year, I thought it was perfect to share this great read with you guys if you haven’t checked it out yet!

Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes