Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
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Jenny Lawson narrates this audiobook herself and it's truly an authentic experiences. You feel like you're at home with your sister, late night, deep in a heart to heart conversation about life, laughing and being weird together, bonding. Jenny Lawson feels like home in this book. She's relatable and funny. I learned some things and kept some stories deep inside for those harder days.
She captures depression, anxiety and chronic pain with a lot of honesty and realness, and humor. Something we desperately need more of in our world. She has some really bizarre and fantastic stories that make up both examples of these issues and coping mechanisms to endure them. Lawson's theory? Know you're not alone, know that you are doing the best that you can, know that there will be brighter days beyond this bad day and when those moments of glory do shine through - be furiously happy in them. Let's not forget to laugh at ourselves, our situations, at life.
A quick look at her table of contents will tell you whether or not this book is for you. Must. Love. Humor. Must. Love. Fowl Language. There are SO many great quotes throughout this book, I don't know how I could ever list them all here. I am lovingly sharing The Spoon Theory with everyone I know, it's the perfect explanation for how we get through our days. I also love The Book of Nelda and would love someone to needle point that whole conversation about dust and dirt for me. Or even put it on a poster. It's beautiful and commanding of our attention.
Thanks Jenny Lawson, for making me smile, making me feel less alone in my crazy thoughts, and for the parts that I can really reflect on and carry in my arsenal for those really bad days. And for all the laughs and unintended education (I did NOT know that koala bears carried chlamydia).
Favorite Quotes (Just a few of many from this book):
"Don't sabotage yourself. There are plenty of other people willing to do that for free."
"Depression is like when you don't want cheese anymore. Even though its' cheese."
"To all who walk the dark path, and to those who walk in the sunshine but hold out a hand in the darkness to travel beside us: Brighter days are coming. Clearer sights will arrive. And you will arrive too. No, it might not be forever. The bright moments might be fore a few days at a time, but hold on for those days. Those days are worth the dark."
"I have never been normal and I think we both know that."
Genre:
Humor, Nonfiction, Mental Health
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