Average is the new awesome : a manifesto for the rest of us /
Matt, Samantha,
Average is the new awesome : a manifesto for the rest of us / Samantha Matt. - First edition. - xvii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Introduction: help me, I'm average -- Average doesn't mean unsuccessful...And other thoughts about being mediocre at work and money -- In praise of subpar social lives...And other thoughts about fair-weather friendships and sporadic get-togethers -- No one is judging your average body-except you...And other thoughts about other people's thoughts -- Our love lives are pretty unexceptional compared to the movies...And other average thoughts about ordinary relationships and good enough love -- Is everyone more impressive than you on social media?...And other average thoughts about other people's thoughts -- Why does it feel like we've accomplished nothing when we have?...And other average thoughts about life on the hump of the bell curve -- Conclusion: it's okay to do it your way.
"Crappy apartments, lame relationships, getting passed over for a great job (again)--not what we expected for our adult lives. Americans tell their children you can become anything! But let's face it--most of us can't. Sure, some of our peers go on to become astronauts or billionaires. But most of us don't. In Average Is the New Awesome, Samantha Matt offers encouragement to us regular humans. This is a manifesto for ordinary awesomeness--for the beauty that can be found when we acknowledge that good enough really is good enough, and that greatness is yours to define"--
9781580059350 158005935X
2019016334
GBB9I0593 bnb
019601116 Uk
Self-acceptance.
Contentment.
Encouragement.
United States--Civilization--21st century.
Average is the new awesome : a manifesto for the rest of us / Samantha Matt. - First edition. - xvii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Introduction: help me, I'm average -- Average doesn't mean unsuccessful...And other thoughts about being mediocre at work and money -- In praise of subpar social lives...And other thoughts about fair-weather friendships and sporadic get-togethers -- No one is judging your average body-except you...And other thoughts about other people's thoughts -- Our love lives are pretty unexceptional compared to the movies...And other average thoughts about ordinary relationships and good enough love -- Is everyone more impressive than you on social media?...And other average thoughts about other people's thoughts -- Why does it feel like we've accomplished nothing when we have?...And other average thoughts about life on the hump of the bell curve -- Conclusion: it's okay to do it your way.
"Crappy apartments, lame relationships, getting passed over for a great job (again)--not what we expected for our adult lives. Americans tell their children you can become anything! But let's face it--most of us can't. Sure, some of our peers go on to become astronauts or billionaires. But most of us don't. In Average Is the New Awesome, Samantha Matt offers encouragement to us regular humans. This is a manifesto for ordinary awesomeness--for the beauty that can be found when we acknowledge that good enough really is good enough, and that greatness is yours to define"--
9781580059350 158005935X
2019016334
GBB9I0593 bnb
019601116 Uk
Self-acceptance.
Contentment.
Encouragement.
United States--Civilization--21st century.