Note to self
By: Connor Franta
Edition: First Keywords Press/Atria books edition.
Publisher: Keywords Press/Atria
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781501158018
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Internet personalities; Actors; Depressed persons; Self-acceptance; Businesspeople; Biography
Description: In his first memoir, A Work in Progress, Connor Franta shared his journey from small-town Midwestern boy to full-fledged Internet sensation. Now, two years later, Connor is ready to bring to light a side of himself he has rarely shown on or off camera. In this diary-like look at his life since A Work in Progress, Connor talks about his battles with clinical depression, social anxiety, self-love, and acceptance; his desire to maintain an authentic self in a world that values shares and likes over true connections; his struggles with love and loss; and his renewed efforts to be in the moment -- with others and himself. Told through short essays, letters to his past and future selves, poetry, and original photography, Note to Self is a raw, in-the-moment look at the interior life of a young creator turning inward in order to move forward.
Table of contents: title: Welcome to my happy place; title: Lemon cakes in a better place; title: Unspoken Bonds; title: To my dearest past; title: Patterns; title: The thin line between fearlessness and fear; title: A Mindful Mind; title: Greed & Desire; title: You can't lose what you never had to begin with; title: Misplaced Organs; title: Lingering shadows; title: I was in love; title: Broken; title: Too hopeful for my own good; title: I am a ruin; title: Seconds; title: It will always be okay; title: A mind at its worst; title: Her peach sunglasses; title: You; title: Better days; title: Frames; title: An unmemorable day made memorable; title: Bloodshot; title: Arguments in antemeridian; title: Morning silence; title: Up at 5 a.m.; title: I saw a boy in larchmont; title: Excuses, excuses; title: Runaway; title: That one pink door; title: London; title: Daytime; title: About last night; title: Still hurts; title: All of me; title: Hook-ups and come-downs; title: The dark spot on the back of my otherwise effervescent mind; title: A monster in the closet; title: Somebody else; title: The pages I hope you never have to read; title: A bitter pulp; title: Conversations with my therapist; title: I don't think people find themselves; title: Before it happens; title: Full circle; title: Colors; title: Footprints in the sand; title: Us; title: Wildfire; title: The empty seat beside me; title: Valentine's day; title: In his arms; title: The other side of the closet; title: New air; title: An old friend; title: Don't waste it; title: Innocence in February; title: I want it now; title: Listen to this; title: The only thing fair about this life; title: My eyes lie; title: You are who you want to be; title: Repeat this until you believe it; title: The five-year plan; title: Build and rebuild; title: Kisses; title: Weekend; title: When I see the light; title: Avoiding a cliché has proven difficult here; title: To my dearest future.