Fuck This Shit! Hey, Swear Words- It Must Be a Good Blog Post!

If you want a fun scavenger hunt idea, visit your local Barnes & Noble (or other bookstore) and see how many self help books with swear words in the title you can find. It's actually pretty fun and amusing. Here is the list I came up with:

Fuck Feelings
Get Shit Done
How to Get Shit Done
Unfuckology
Unfuck Yourself
How to Stop Feeling Like Shit
Let that Shit Go
Find Your Fucking Happy
The Good Girls' Guide to Being a Dick
Fuck Love
Calm the Fuck Down
Get Your Shit Together
I Used to be a Miserable Fuck
The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fuck
Everything is Fucked
Stop Doing that Shit
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck

Swearing is kind of the "in thing" nowadays. You can get swearing coloring books, mugs, dish towels, and -my favorite- socks. But why are we into that? To make light of all the crap in our lives? To wear our pain with a smile? Honestly, it's probably just a bunch of marketing bullshit. Marketing has our best interests at heart, right? Publishers are looking out for our health and wellbeing, one quality book at a time. Yeah, right. Unfortunately, they are all pretty much the same. Some fluffy words and quotes amid artsy-fartsy lettering and swathes of pastel watercolor. The authors always have lots of letters after their name- some professional jargon, indecipherable to the general public. Because the more degrees you have, the more credible you are (obviously!).

I want to write. I want to publish a book. The only credential I have is that I've been through the meat grinder of mental illness and come out barely alive on the other side with a moderate amount of success. I don't have a bachelor's degree. I didn't take any fancy writing courses. I never studied mental illness treatments- I went through the treatments as a patient. I know and understand what works, and I want to share that experience with others in a way that's approachable and affordable to others. Not many people are in a position to take off weeks or even months of work to go through therapy one to five days a week, let alone be able to afford the extravagant cost of therapy. In that respect, I know I was and continue to be very fortunate. And so, I will continue to write here in a boring font with absolutely no marketing ploys or cool visual graphics, hoping that at least a few souls out there will be inspired even in the slightest.