How to Be Okay When Nothing is Okay
The Tools and Tricks That Kept Me Alive, Happy, and Creative in Spite of Myself
Published on 2. April 2026
256 pages
978-1-5299-3974-3 (ISBN)
Description
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 question she's most often asked by people is '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 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.
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 question she's most often asked by people is '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 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.
Reviews / Votes
Jenny Lawson is the QUEEN of saying too much, and then saying something even worse. And that is why I adore her -- Caitlin MoranMore details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Ebury Publishing
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
File size
17,19 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-5299-3974-3 (9781529939743)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Jenny Lawson
How to Be Okay When Nothing is Okay
The Tools and Tricks That Kept Me Alive, Happy, and Creative in Spite of Myself
Book
approx. 04/2026
Ebury Press
€22.50
Not yet published
Person
Jenny Lawson (aka "the Bloggess") is a #1 New York Times-bestselling author, an activist, and an award-winning humor writer best known for her inspiring candor in sharing her struggle with depression, anxiety, and chronic pain. She is the owner and proprietress of Nowhere Bookshop, a beloved independent bookstore and bar in San Antonio, Texas. She's been writing her popular, award-winning blog (thebloggess.com) for over fifteen years. She continues to write and speak openly about her struggles while celebrating her often hilarious victories. She currently lives in Texas with her husband, child, dog, and cats.
