How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay

Tips and Tricks That Kept Me Alive, Happy, and Creative in Spite of Myself

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Warm, insightful, and witty, the first book of advice from New York Times bestselling author Jenny Lawson—aka the Bloggess

Jenny Lawson is full of contradictions. She’s a celebrated author but battles self-doubt, paralysis, and anxiety. She’s an award-winning humorist but struggles with treatment-resistant depression. The questions people most often ask her are, “How do you do it? How do you keep going even when it feels impossible? How do you keep creating?” This book is her answer.

In How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay, Jenny shares more than one hundred humorous, heartfelt, and genuine tools and tricks that she relies on to keep her going even when her brain isn’t working properly due to depression, anxiety, and ADHD. She also offers tips to stay passionate and focused on creative endeavors, especially when everything around you is saying to give up.

With chapters like “Wash Your Brain More Than You Wash Your Bra” (sleep, you beautiful human), “Working on Easy Mode Is Still Working” (asking for accommodations is okay!), “Celebrate Good Times, Come On!” (make it a habit to celebrate the good things), and many more, How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay is a balm and companion, reminding us all that we are not alone. It’s for anyone who struggles with self-doubt, guilt, motivation, and mental blocks and wants to rekindle their passion for creating. Funny, simple, empathetic, and full of hope, it will encourage you not to just survive but to find and curate joy in the face of difficult times.

Amazing and Uplifting

If anyone can make me laugh and cry in the span of 20 seconds, it’s Jenny Lawson. This book was no exception. I loved it! And of course, I recommend that every human read or listen to this book.

Pearls of hard found wisdom

To be enjoyed as a whole or in parts. I look forward to buying a copy of the book to highlight and reference. I have enjoyed other books by Jenny Lawson and so eagerly awaited this one as someone who sometimes struggles “to be okay”. This book is a self help guide that makes no promises or judgments which I love. I rarely use“clip” in an audiobook but found myself doing it often with this one or going back a few minutes to re listen to let an idea sink in. I look forward to trying some of the suggestions and will try not to use others too often to justify or enable some of my less than helpful habits/behaviors. I appreciate the author’s kind and humorous spirit which comes through beautifully in this book. If trying the author for the first time just know that the format is a little bit different but the voice and delivery are very much the same magic

I am not for everyone

I have listened to Jenny for years and this books tone is more serious than her other books, but is nonetheless poignant, hilarious and so very true. Currently I have been living in the Nicu with my 28 week old son and I listen to one of her books in its entirety every day to give me strength, remind me that I am not alone in anything, and give my life the levity it needs right now. Before I found this author I had raised a baby raccoon in my garage, dressed as a manatee to visit manatees and generally just found my life ridiculous and wonderful. After reading this book I realize that I am not for everyone and that is part of my own magic. Thank you Jenny.

My new favorite by my fav author

Every single word was needed. Jenny has a true gift of being real, faulted and bringing us together. I wish I could sit and have a cup of coffee with her, just to connect with a person as fractured as myself. I loved learning to make my own rules. Thank you Jenny!!

Love Jenny

Love every book she’s written. This one identified how many behaviors I identify with. One thing especially that I learned is to use the concept buffering. It fits exactly to what I do when figuring out what someone said. ♥️