Audiobook Excerpt: Happiness is (Kind Of) a Choice

This final episode of the You Are Here (For Now) book tour podcast was recorded like 1 hour ago and uploaded in its unedited form. I discuss what I learned in in the process of releasing this book and podcast and thank the people who made it possible.  But mostly I want to wish you well as you continue on your own journey because there's so much more to come for all of us, but for these dozen episodes, unbound by time and place, we were here together. You Are Here (For Now): A Guide To Finding Your Way is available wherever books are sold including my own website, AdamJK.com. Thanks so much for listening.

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In this episode, I’m chatting with Tavi Gevinson and Laia Garcia about fashion, karaoke, G*ssip G*rl, bringing your whole self to the things you do, and meeting people where they are at with your art.  YOU ARE HERE (FOR NOW) is a series of conversations with some of my favorite people about being alive: navigating change, personal transformation, love, fear, and figuring it all out on the way.  My new book You Are Here (For Now): A Guide to Finding Your Way is available now. Follow this episode's guests at @TaviTulle, @geometricsleep, and @AdamJK.

In this episode, my husband Mitchell and I are chatting with Chani Nicholas and her wife Sonya Passi about being present in your own life, astrology, activism, building together with intention, and the transformational power of love.  YOU ARE HERE (FOR NOW) is a series of conversations with some of my favorite people about being alive: navigating change, personal transformation, love, fear, and figuring it all out on the way.  My new book You Are Here (For Now): A Guide to Finding Your Way is available now. Follow this episode's guests at @ChaniNicholas, @PassiSonya, @MitchellKuga, and @AdamJK.

This week I'm sharing an audiobook excerpt from You Are Here (For Now): A Guide to Finding Your Way. This chapter is about the work of being happy – setting expectations, creating boundaries, and if necessary, asking for help. Followed by a bit of guided introspection, our sort-ironic-sorta-not audio treatment for the visual art portions of the printed book. YOU ARE HERE (FOR NOW) the podcast is a series of conversations with some of my favorite people about being alive: navigating change, personal transformation, love, fear, and figuring it all out on the way. We'll resume next episode with another conversation!

In this episode, I’m chatting with writers Alexander Chee, John Paul Brammer, and Mitchell Kuga about queer culture and family dynamics, finding your voice, and advice–as a concept, for our younger selves, and for each other. YOU ARE HERE (FOR NOW) is a series of conversations with some of my favorite people about being alive: navigating change, personal transformation, love, fear, and figuring it all out on the way.  My new book You Are Here (For Now): A Guide to Finding Your Way is available now. Follow this episode's guests at @AlexanderChee, @JPBrammer, @MitchellKuga, and @AdamJK.

In this episode, I chat with musician Michelle Branch about the creative process, personal transformation, family life, and finding your own version of success. Plus an acoustic performance of a new song, "When That Somebody Is You." YOU ARE HERE (FOR NOW) is a series of conversations with some of my favorite people about being alive: navigating change, personal transformation, love, fear, and figuring it all out on the way.  My new book You Are Here (For Now): A Guide to Finding Your Way is available now. Follow this episode's guests at @MichelleBranch and @AdamJK.

In this episode, I’m chatting with artists and hopeless romantics Timothy Goodman and Mari Andrew about dating and romance, what makes a creative legacy, and being unabashedly who you are… for better or worse??? YOU ARE HERE (FOR NOW) is a series of conversations with some of my favorite people about being alive: navigating change, personal transformation, love, fear, and figuring it all out on the way.  My new book You Are Here (For Now): A Guide to Finding Your Way is available now. Follow this episode's guests at @TimothyGoodman, @ByMariAndrew, and @AdamJK.

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In this episode, I’m chatting with humorists Aparna Nancherla and Jonny Sun about creative influences, managing professional anxiety and comparison, the importance of humor, knowing when it’s time to make a change, and giving yourself permission to just try.  YOU ARE HERE (FOR NOW) is a series of conversations with some of my favorite people about being alive: navigating change, personal transformation, love, fear, and figuring it all out on the way.  My new book You Are Here (For Now): A Guide to Finding Your Way is available now. Follow this episode's guests at @JonnySun, @Aparnapkin, and @AdamJK.