Real artists have day jobs
Subtitle: (and other awesome things they don't teach you in school)
By: Sara Benincasa
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780062369819
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Miscellanea; Self-actualization (Psychology); Idea (Philosophy); Self-confidence; Affirmations
Description: While the practical aspects of new adulthood can be nerve-wracking--dating, job-hunting, money-managing--the most important task of all is figuring out who you are and where you fit in the world. Author and comedian Sara Benincasa, now in her mid-thirties, had an absolutely harrowing early twenties and now, on the other side, she has a LOT of hard-earned wisdom and common sense to share.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: there are 52 essays in this book but please read this part first; title: Real artists have day jobs; title: How to read a book; title: Everything is intersectional; title: It gets better, mostly; title: Do it anyway; title: Put your clutter in purgatory; title: When you don't know what to do, ask a successful woman; title: You can do magic; title: Feel all the feelings; title: There will be shit days; title: Elect your own executive board; title: Take care of your teeth; title: Stop apologizing for everything; title: Radical overconfidence; title: Join the fancy club at the airport; title: When you can't figure something out, put yourself in water; title: Take the compliment; title: Go fuck yourself (No, really! Masturbation is important); title: Wear a weird hat; title: Listen; title: The power of being a dork; title: Everything's not alright (and that's alright); title: Life is too short for shitty friends; title: Self-care for women in comedy; title: Prioritize sleep; title: Sleep naked; title: Ask questions; title: Surprise! You don't have to love your family; title: Breathe; title: Give it away now; title: Abuse is fucking complicated; title: Make art like a little kid; title: Bridge the gaps in your pop cultural education; title: When people tell you who they are, believe them; title: Ask for exactly what you want; title: Don't buy into the marriage myth; title: Tell your partner what you like in bed; title: Gratitude in underrated; title: Write fan letters; title: Acknowledge that having a kid doesn't make you an adult; title: A vagina is not a time-machine; title: Always say hello to older people, because they are invisible; title: Identify a personal prejudice and educate it into nonexistence; title: Let an animal adopt you; title: Walk you way to a solution; title: It's always tile to play; title: Realize your dress size doesn't matter; title: The darkness is where the good stuff starts; title: Your normal is not everybody else's normal; title: This too shall pass; title: Always celebrate rainbows; title: Look in the mirror and say "I love you."