Welcome to the How to Fail book tour! Today I’m helping to celebrate this wonderful new release by @elizabday ! . Do I know how to fail? If I’m honest, it feels as though I’ve been failing a lot lately. This book birthday/ book tour couldn’t be better timed if we tried. Since moving to the UK, and completely upheaving my life, it has felt as though I’ve been failing, over and over again. I have been in the UK 15 months and still can’t find full time work. And definitely not from a lack of trying! When I left Aus, I left my dream job. It took blood, sweat and tears to get my foot in the door at Penguin and although it hurt to leave, I was excited for whatever adventure came next. What I didn’t anticipate was the soul-destroying UK job market, and the struggle to make ends meet. My sense of failure was attacking from all angels; I felt as though my struggle to get full-time work was because of me personally (assuming I wasn’t good enough/ smart enough/ worthy enough) and also, that I was meant to be having the greatest adventure of a lifetime living overseas, and I was loathing it. I feel like a miserable burden. Failure, failure, failure. . And yet. I have the most wonderful partner in the world. We have a beautiful, cosy, book-and-campervan filled home. We are happy, and very much in love. I might not always have enough hours to pay the bills, but I have a full life of the things that matter the most. My sense of failure is centred around my discomfort at being vulnerable. It doesn’t feel good. It can be really difficult to put a positive spin on failure, especially when you feel like you’re still smack-bang in the middle of it. . I am loving this book. I am about half way through and every word Day writes is resonating with me in some way. Like Day, I know this experience will only make me stronger. If you’re struggling, or feeling like you’re failing, know that you’re not alone. This book will hopefully remind you ❤️ . Thank you to @elizabday and @4thestatebooks for inviting me on this tour. Tomorrow @theclubofbooks will be sharing their story. Let us continue the conversation below ❤️ . #howtofail #elizabethday #booktour #bookreview #shelfie #bookstacks (at Liverpool) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv6PpR_n_ER/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ep6hle4cfjwv
