TY  - BOOK
AU  - Portolan,Lisa
TI  - Happy As: Why the quest for happiness is making us miserable
SN  - 9781760681128
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Melbourne
PB  - Bonnier Publishing Australia
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Happy As -- Epigraph -- Contents -- Epigraph -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part one: #happiness -- 1 The Betty Crocker happiness mud cake -- 2 What does this bloody happiness business actually mean? -- 3 When the f*ck did happiness become king? -- 4 Spinning happiness -- 5 Shooing the bird -- 6 What if I have no idea who I am? -- 7 We'd all like to be the hero of our story - but most of the time we're the villain -- 8 But what do you mean? -- 9 You're part of the school of fish -- 10 How unhappiness became the deadliest of sins -- 11 'Brand me' -- 12 You're about to be voted off the island -- 13 God is dead. Social media is God -- 14 Millenials and the iGen - are they truly f*cked up? -- 15 Could you get on with it and be perfect already? -- 16 The wellness vortex -- Part two: The f*cking solution -- 17 Communicating the solution -- 18 Art will make you f*cking happy. Everything is f*cking art -- 19 Calm the f*ck down -- 20 Don't just settle for what's okay, or even what you like, or even what you love - find what you f*cking love -- 21 Now is a con -- 22 You're not f*cking no one, you'll always be, inherently, someone -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- About the author -- Imprint -- Echo; Electronic reproduction
N2  - In a world where data is the new currency, social media is turning us all into walking, talking brands and billboards and we're meant to be mindful, manifesting and present, isn't it a bit rich to be expected to be happy, too?
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