Me vs Brain: An Overthinker’s Guide to Life – the instant Sunday Times bestseller!

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Probably just be comfortable being you. And that also means not worrying so much about what the outside world is thinking about you. Live for yourself. That’s probably quite a generic piece of advice, but I think it’s the one thing that we all suffer with. See raamat on täis erinevaid piinlikku olukordi, millest paras osa jääb küll meile kahe kõrva vahele, samas nii mõnigi kipub ikka päriselu segama. Kuidas näiteks peikaga Türki reisima minnes sõnab meeskodanik reisi alguses, et "Naised ju ei kaka", mille peale Morrise seedeelundkond koostöös peaajuga lakkabki normaalset funktsioneerimast. Läheb päev, kulub kaks. Nädal, kaks - olukord kisub juba kreisiks ning silme eest läheb pruuniks, sest hoolimata autori pingutustest keeldub number kaks kehast lahkumast. Oh seda kergendust, kui reis saab läbi ning Morris saab õndsalt rahus vanematekodus end kergendada. Noh ja vetsust väljudes on põmst esimene samm suhte lõpetamine. You started on TikTok in the pandemic, and you mention in the book the random jobs you did before then. Hospitality, working at Disney in Florida, working on a farm in Australia… How did you look at your career before TikTok? No heakene küll. Oli ju hea? Meil kõigil on oma sisekõne, vadin, ruminatsioon. Inglane Hailey Morris kannatas selle all tükk aega, aga siis selgus, et ta polegi psühhopaat, kui peas olev hääl käsib teinekord kõrvalolev inimene auto alla lükata või lahtisest aknast alla hüpata. Kui koroona mööda maad ringi uitas, siis hakkas Morris mingi hetk lühivideosid tegema ning sai kiirelt populaarseks, praeguseks on tal Youtubes üle miljoni tellija (eks ta on mujal sotsiaalmeediplatvormides ka). Ma ütleks küll, et montaaž on tal natuke liiga kiire, eriti esmakordsel vaatamisel tuleb ilmselt mitu korda üle vaadata, et kõigest aru saada. A noh, moodsad, tõtlikud ajad. That’s good! I remember there’s a moment in Me vs Brain where you say the brain overthinks because it’s trying to imagine the worst possible outcome. And that made me personally feel… Just generally a lot less evil! Sometimes, intrusive thoughts can make you feel like a terrible person. So I was wondering, with the book subtitled ‘an overthinker’s guide to life’, was reassurance the goal? Or what were you looking to do?

Seda raamatut ei ole eesti keelde tõlgitud. Kui oleks, siis kõlaks raamatu pealkiri umbes nii: "Mina versus Aju: ülemõtleja elujuhis". Kogu kõvakaanevaheline temaatika on vahel õudselt piinlik või siis väga meeldivalt elulik, oleneb vaatenurgast. Mulle isiklikult meeldisid kirjaniku mõtted väga, eks mulle istub ta videokunst ka. Mulle mehena olid osad kohad eriti huvitavad teada saada, aga eks tegelikult olin näiteks "queef" tähenduse juba varem üles otsinud Hayley Morrise lühivideo tõttu. Ikka huvitav, kuidas inimkeha funktsioneerib.... An insightful, intimate account of modern life that is a joy to read, with shades of Dolly Alderton's Everything I Know About Love.' - Scarlett Sangster, iNews Me vs Brain: An Overthinker’s Guide to Life is more small thoughts in different situations. Like when you are at the hairdresser’s and you look at all your imperfections in the mirror that highlights everything. Wow, my eyes are not quite level, is my nose really that wide, etc? To me, these are just random thoughts, not overthinking. Hayley explores this intrusive thought process across more than 40 chapters, from the lighthearted (‘How Brain Interprets A Text Exchange’, ‘How to Cover Up a Fart’) to the heavier, more vital topics that Hayley wants to demystify, from grief to cervical screenings. ‘This is the topic I really think it’s important to talk about,’ Hayley would tell herself while writing. In retrospect, she tells me: ‘There’s so many chapters in there that I’m writing to help people have those open conversations with their friends – or even to just think about it themselves.’Weirdly, I found that if I’m awake before I feel the rest of the world is awake, I’m more productive. I was waking up as early as possible to start writing a chapter, and then when I knew people started at work at 9am, for some reason my productivity stopped. I really don’t know what it was. It was almost like the peace of the world made me feel like I could just dive into it. I’d usually write until 9am, and then edit what I had. The best time I wrote was around 5 or 6am until 9am, which… I will never get up at 5am again.

Hayley Morris's debut is a fresh, very funny take on 21st-century high-functioning anxiety... an insightful, intimate account of modern life that is a joy to read, with shades of Dolly Alderton's Everything I Know about Love Scarlett Sangster, iNews A fresh, laugh-out-loud take on 21st-century high-functioning anxiety, Hayley Morris's honest and easy-to-read debut is a joy. It's a zeitgeist novel for our times, exposing just how normal it is to feel abnormal... Morris' insightful narrative to modern life feels like confessing to a best friend. Hayley Morris is most definitely an author to watch. Press Association Cultural guilty pleasure… A lot of what I think is titled ‘pop princess’ music. Like Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Avril Lavine, Beyonce – old school, a lot of that.What I’m most looking forward to seeing… More female written TV shows and films. Written, directed, and just completely produced by women. Hello! Hayley Morris here. You might have seen me on your feed dressed up as a vagina. People seem to find me quite funny. I'm on a mission to prove once and for all that You. Are. Not. A. Weirdo... Or, maybe, We. Are. All. Weirdos. Yes, you're not the only one whose body does that gross thing you've never even told your mum about. And yes, we're all walking around saying embarrassing things constantly and waking up in a cold sweat at 3am thinking about them. So we might as well have a laugh about it, right? In this book, I've overthought absolutely everything so you don't have to. I'll be talking about everything from dating to discharge, and mental health to menstrual cups. I might not be able to banish your anxiety or make you feel 100% comfortable in your skin, but I hope I can at least give you a break from the constant brain chatter and we can rejoice and laugh at how similar we actually all are. The only song I had in the writing playlist – which was my most played on my Spotify Wrapped – is from The Theory of Everything , and it’s called ‘Cambridge, 1963’. I looked at my Spotify Wrapped, and I was like, OK… Do I share this…?’. But it’s just such a nice piece of music. If you could give your top piece advice to everyone on how to live life a little bit better, what would it be?

It is so interesting – I never really thought about how scared we are to talk about something that most of us probably experience. It’s just a really weird, shared silence.For the first couple of chapters, it's interesting and relatable. After that the novelty wears off and it's essentially a comedic autobiography that's more cringe than funny. Its bodily functions. Periods, farts, poop, with input from brain, heart, uterus and others. Then it goes into dating, breakups and towards the end takes a darker turn with a family death and therapy. PDF / EPUB File Name: Me_vs_Brain_An_Overthinkers_Guide_to_Life_-_Morris_Hayley.pdf, Me_vs_Brain_An_Overthinkers_Guide_to_Life_-_Morris_Hayley.epub Exactly! It was a really good learning curve. It was really fun, don’t get me wrong – I had such a good time doing it. But also I learned so much. Absolutely. And I feel like now it actually helps me with the sketches I do. Now I can understand what people are looking at critically with my work, and I try to apply that to the sketches, or anything else I do.

And you say in the introduction that you didn’t know what you wanted your book to be about at the start. I was wondering how you came to land on overthinking as a general theme? Yeah, you have to kill your darlings! You may love it, but sadly it’s exactly the same thing without that line that you think is really clever and witty.Currently, the biggest career goal is to be in a series on HBO Max, very specifically The White Lotus . But anything on HBO. I’m obsessed. I feel like they just create some of the best shows. And they’re different – not like everything else you see. That’s what I love. To me, this means things like lying in bed of a night time replaying the day’s events or more worryingly running through scenarios in your head of things that most likely will never happen. Such as, if I let my child go into town on their own this weekend will someone hurt them, or take them? And then thinking about all things to do with that for the next few hours, kind of scenarios. Calling all avid overthinkers, this funny and honest book is here to give you a break from the constant brain chatter. Stylist Band/singer I always have on repeat… A lot of Miley Cyrus at the moment, which is unusual for me but I love her new song. Other than that, the Beach Boys. I am such an over-thinker as well, so when I started reading the book, I found it really refreshing how open you are! You say at the start that you found writing a book daunting – how did you find the process after getting over that initial jump?