CONTENTS
Intro
PART 1: Healthy living
PART 2: The dating game
PART 3: Friends & family crisis survival guide
PART 4: How to get the life you want
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
About Marcus Butler
Hello!
And welcome to
Well, for starters, I’m a vlogger—someone who video-blogs online.
Every week or so I upload a new video during which I’ll chat about something that’s been playing on my mind. Some of this stuff is entirely off the wall. I might moan about the random things that annoyed me during a recent shopping trip, or I’ll make fun of my mom and how she drives me crazy sometimes (sorry, Mom).But there’s plenty of serious stuff, too, and having set up my YouTube channel a few years back, I’ve come into contact with lots of different beautiful, brilliant subscribers (millions of them, in fact). I’ve shared my experiences with them—both the ups and downs—and believe me, I’ve gone through plenty of downs, like parental divorce, bullying, and bereavement. Through chatting to other people online, I’ve learned that loads of people my age have gone through the same things. Some of them are struggling as we speak, unsure of how to cope with the problems in their lives. Often my viewers tell me about their problems and, because I’ve experienced some of the same things, I’ve been able to deliver some helpful advice. This happened enough times that in the end I figured,
I also had something of a life-changing experience recently—a lightning boltthat changed the way I viewed my health forever. I got fit and I upgraded my diet. I went from being a greedy junk-food-loving couch potato (albeit a new potato, rather than an oversized baking spud) into someone more health conscious. By changing my food intake and upping my exercise a little, I became so much happier. I looked better as well.