Popular Instagram artist Beth Evans (197k followers) tackles a range of issues-from whimsical musings to deeply personal struggles-in this imaginative anti-guide to being your personal person.

Welcome To Adulthood! Hey, wait-where are you going…?

Do you ever want your best friend-the person you would trust with your innermost secrets, the individual whose intelligence and convenience you look for in moments of tension or self-doubt-could draw? Popular Instagram illustrator, Beth Evans, has produced a name for herself about I Really Didn’t Think that This Through: Stories from My So-Called Adult Life writing comics and writing her personal encounters on lifestyle as she enters and navigates adulthood. Her capability to discover humor in common situations around love, social anxieties, despair and work has generated a cult-like pursuing from her 217k Instagram fans.

Like Mindy Kaling fits Hyperbole . 5, I MUST SAY I Didn’t Think This Through gets at the heart of what makes life both therefore challenging therefore joyful-figuring out how to be a person in the world. This reserve can be a compendium of Beth’s gathered wisdom and stories, interwoven with her immensely popular and loveable illustrations. The publication is an excellent mix of fun (playful meditations within the music group Rush and worldwide pen-pals) and thoughtful (Beth delves into her personal history with obsessive compulsive disorder and depression while commiserating on topics like dating and credit cards pity) all with a simple candor that anyone from a teen with their grandparent can relate with. Through all of her encounters, Beth manages to extract valuable lessons, as well as the book is usually replete with friendly information about looking after yourself, getting help no real matter what your complications are, and embracing what makes you happy. Beth is definitely a persuasive storyteller, her drawings picking up where her phrases leave off, creating an approachable and immersive experience for the reader. Beth’s work feels as though a hug from your own best friend. And just like a closest friend, she’s here to say “You have this!”

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.