Humorous, inspirational, engaging, and smart. This memoir of a 29-yr-old single gal trying to face her fears started off kind of annoying but then it got really good, and I think that was the point. She changed; or rather, she re-discovered the fearless girl she used to be.

After getting fired, Noelle took a look at herself and realized she was becoming a worrying, self-doubting hermit who felt her job (as a celebrity blogger) was meaningless, and she never did anything to help the world.

It was annoying because there are conversations with her shrink; at the start of the book she's already been going to therapy for the reason that "she didn't know herself". (Really? You would pay someone money just to get to know yourself better?)

Halfway through the book she actually does face herself and realize that she needs to get off her 5-sleeping-pills-a-night addiction. But this isn't an addiction memoir, it's a stint-memoir: she's going to push her limits and do one scary thing a day. As she uses Eleanor Roosevelt's autobiographies as inspiration, the reader gets to learn some things about Eleanor Roosevelt's life and philosophy.

Some "scary" things were small, like confronting someone or standing up for herself, or going a week without make-up. Others were big like taking a pilot lesson and trapeze lessons. It was amusing to me that nothing made her break-down (even swimming with sharks) until she decided to do a stand-up open mic. She totally had a huge melt-down in front of her boyfriend! She was like, "I can't do this!"
The stand-up chapter is really funny (she eventually gets up the nerve and is a hit). She's a pretty good writer.