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What has Giffin learned on HER path toward self-realization?
5/13/08 2:02:38 PM – Atlanta, GA – Author Emily Giffin has a new chick lit title, “Love the One Your With” coming out this summer. Photographed at her Atlanta home.Photo by Michael A. Schwarz
“Don’t achieve just for the sake of achievement.
Here are more of Giffin’sSELFysecrets – did we mention that she’s afaithful fitness fanatic, too?
It’s beach reading season!
What are you going to be reading this summer?
The Paris Wifeby Paula McLain andThe Mill River Recluseby Darcie Chan.
Because we’re SELF we have to ask, what do you do for exercise?
Do you have a favorite gym class?
I have a trainer, Jeff MacFarland, who has completely reshaped certain body parts.
I also take a circuit-training class called Fast Twitch.
What’s your healthiest habit?
What’s your least healthy habit?
Staying up too late.
What’s your favorite thing to splurge on?
What’s your No.
La Mer lip balm and my Chanel aviators.
Do you have a beauty secret you could share?
Use a plum or violet liner to make green eyes stand out.
I like NARS in “Bourbon Street.”
What’s your idea of a dream vacation?
Going to a game reserve (Singita) in South Africa was perhaps my favorite trip of all time.
What’s at the top of your to-do list?
You are so successful now – what do you wish you could go back and tell your 20-something self?
Be comfortable with who you are.
And appreciate your metabolism.
–Cary Carr
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