How to Be Happier

Sometimes the hardest thing in life (other than that whole “being alive” thing) is being happy. Everyone is trying to find happiness, or stay happy in any way they can. We all have some idea of what it feels like, but if we’re such experts on being happy why are we not just… doing it?

My own art has always been therapy for me, and over the last few years I’ve been lucky enough to make two fun self-care journals that take the lessons I’ve learned and make them available to others. But with my new book Things Are What You Make of Them, I’m digging deeper into my truth, and realized that we’re all in this together.

As for happiness? There’s no big secret that everyone except you knows. For the most part, we all understand these basic, common truths, but we forget them when they matter most. Here’s a reminder.