Meet Debbie Downer's Arch-Nemesis: Ursula Upper

After posting "Debbie Downer", I have felt more optimistic, increasingly upbeat.

I have received an outpouring of understanding and agreement from fellow twenty-somethings and, sadly, camaraderie is a great comfort.

Mark and I have also been mutually supportive since naming the beast of quarter-life crisis. I sing him songs, intentionally out-of-tune and extraordinarily loud. He buys me cheese. We poke each other in the belly buttons. We watch "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." I make buttons for him. He edits our grocery list for me:

Bottom line? In order to get through this time of crisis, find people that understand. More importantly, find and surround yourself with people that understand how to dig you out of a rut. My cure: empathy and silliness.While these two things may not be your particular brand of solution, it has done the trick for me.

Also, clouds. Clouds make me happy. Thus, my new series of buttons:

Cloud Series will be available on my Etsy page by the weekend, if you're interested!

Now go and be crisis-free!

Yours, now and forever,

Ursula