Note to self

By Connor Franta

Subjects: Self-acceptance, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2017-05-07, Franta, Connor, 1992-, Biography, Businesspeople, biography, New York Times bestseller, Actors -- United States -- Biography, Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography, Internet personalities -- United States -- Biography, Internet personalities, Depressed persons, Actors, Youtube (electronic resource), Depressed persons -- Biography, Businesspeople

Description: In his first memoir, A Work in Progress, Connor Franta shared his journey from small-town Midwestern boy to full-fledged Internet sensation. Now, two years later, Connor is ready to bring to light a side of himself he has rarely shown on or off camera. In this diary-like look at his life since A Work in Progress, Connor talks about his battles with clinical depression, social anxiety, self-love, and acceptance; his desire to maintain an authentic self in a world that values shares and likes over true connections; his struggles with love and loss; and his renewed efforts to be in the moment -- with others and himself. Told through short essays, letters to his past and future selves, poetry, and original photography, Note to Self is a raw, in-the-moment look at the interior life of a young creator turning inward in order to move forward.