Brunette Ambition by Lea Michele

Brunette Ambition by Lea Michele a Review 

Recently, I listened to the audiobook Brunette Ambition by Lea Michele. It was a short audiobook that I picked up on a whim, but enjoyed it so much. 

Glee was such a big part of my life growing up, and Rachel was always  my favorite character. She was confident in herself, but still remained vulnerable. 
I did not know much about Lea Michele's personal life, I had always seen her through the lens of Rachel Berry. 
But now, I love Lea Michele even more than I had ever loved Rachel. Lea tells stories of fear and excitement and sadness, inspiring every reader with her words. 
I see myself in her in so many. I have never had a calling to be an actor or a singer, but her I feel her ambition. Sometimes, I let fear hold me back but I'm still a dreamer just like she is. When she talks about the shows she's been in, especially Glee, she has so much love for them. She always knew she wanted to be an artist, to be someone who brought joy to others. She set her mind to something and now she can look back on it all with such happiness. 
In her book, Lea is so real and candid. Somehow, it feels like I am really speaking to her just like she is an old friend. 
Though, in some ways she kind of is.
I laughed at the stories she told of her and Johnathan Groff.

I cried when she told stories of Corey.

 When she said she would always keep the Finn necklace.

I think the biggest reason I enjoyed this book so much is that I truly think is she something like my soul sister. Maybe my life does not exactly reflect hers, she grew up on the stage and I have always been more interested in medicine than music, but I still relate to her so much. 
In a chapter about beauty and skin care, she talked about the uphill battle that she has  had with her skin. She mentions having been on acutane twice, trying to fight her acne. This little detail actually made me tear up on the bus. My skin has always been my biggest insecurity, so to hear an actress to speak so openly about it made me so emotional. I have looked up to Lea for a long time, often for beauty tips and hearing this from her really meant a lot. I am in my sixth, and hopefully last, month of acutane. It has been a long hard journey, that often makes me feel like I am the only one it. But knowing that went through the same thing really changes my perspective. 

Lea focuses a lot on self care in this book, ranging from skin care to body care and most importantly to your own mental health. I do not know a lot of people that think the same way I do. I am so much happier when I am home, relaxing, than anywhere else. I would rather stay in and bake and watch movies than go to some party. I will never be that party girl. I will never be someone who gets drunk just to do it. I have never seen the point in it, to me it has always seemed such a waster of our beautiful lives. I want to spend my life doing what makes me happy. 
And that is what Lea speaks about in her book. She tells stories about how she want to spend the night in watching television instead of going out to a club. She says she'd rather spend a night in pampering herself and rejuvenating her mind than anything else. 
And that is exactly how I feel. I want to put myself, my mind and body, first. I want to take care of myself, and make myself happy. I want to take a bubble bath while doing a face mask and reading a book. 
In our society, especially in the culture of celebrity, we don't hear about these quiet moments to ourselves often enough. But these moments are something that are so important to me. And for one of the the first times, I heard someone I looked up to talking about it in the same way I do.
Lea reveals who she truly is in this book. She shows that it is okay to be different. It is better to be different. 
To be unique. 
She shares a lot of her personality in this book. She is grounded and level headed and brave. She is everything I have always tried to be. And most importantly, she is still trying to be her best self, just as I want to be my best self. 
This book made my heart feel so full. It made me feel alive and loved. It made me remember to give some of that feeling back to myself.
So, thank you Lea. For everything.

I cannot wait to meet you soon. 

xoxo 
Spiryt 



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