Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part One

Book excerpt: A selection of the best essays from the relentlessly optimistic writer, Toni Kent. Tired of the corporate merry-go-round, Toni broke free of her big business chains to pursue a long held dream of becoming a freelance writer and a happier human being. She created her blog 'Reasons to be Cheerful' as a means of charting her journey from stressed out 'executive' to freelancer via topics as wide-ranging as Facebook being a pet-lovers paradise, trying to avoid gadgets despite working in the tech industry, the perils of control underwear and the horror felt by her husband at having to pretend to be a uterus during a particularly earnest NCT meeting. If you've ever fallen over at a wedding, accidentally set fire to your kitchen in the pursuit of culinary excellence, paused Sunday lunch to wipe a smelly bottom and returned to eating without batting an eyelid, or sung your heart out in a field then this book is for you.