What the Duck am I Doing With My Life?
A Funny Self-Help Guide for the Lost, the Stuck, and the “Is This It?” Crowd
(The Waddle Forward Series)
From Scotty Boxa, award-winning author and 2025 Emotional Education Author of the Year.
Feeling like life gave you a GPS with no signal?
This book won’t give you a 10-step billionaire routine. It won’t make you wake up at 5 AM and whisper affirmations into a green juice.
Instead, it’ll hand you a metaphorical megaphone and a duck-themed intervention—and somehow, that works.
Inside, you’ll find:
✅ Honest, no-BS advice for getting unstuck without burning sage or selling your soul to hustle culture
✅ Bite-sized chapters that feel like late-night texts from your funniest friend
✅ A duck-ton of humor, reality checks, and hope for messy humans
Because life isn’t about “getting it all together.” It’s taking one small, awkward step forward, even if you’re still in your pajamas eating snacks.
What’s Inside?
✔ Zero Fluff, Zero Guilt – Forget self-help that sounds like homework. This is practical advice wrapped in humor and honesty.
✔ Small, Doable Steps – Progress doesn’t have to be dramatic. Sometimes, it’s just brushing your teeth and not crying in the shower.
✔ Duck Wisdom – Weirdly effective life lessons (with birds, because why not?).
✔ Punchy, Relatable Chapters – Perfect for reading in line at the DMV or while hiding in the bathroom at family gatherings.
✔ Permission to Be Messy – This isn’t about “fixing” you. It’s about reminding you that being lost doesn’t mean you’re failing.
Why You’ll Love It
✅ It’s Funny as Hell – Laugh-out-loud moments in every chapter to make the heavy stuff easier to carry.
✅ It Feels Like a Friend, Not a Guru – No preachy BS, no “manifest your way to joy” nonsense.
✅ It Actually Works – Real tools for untangling the mental spaghetti without feeling like you’re writing a thesis.
✅ Short, Snackable Chapters – Read it in bite-sized chunks between life’s mini-meltdowns.
Who Is This Book For?
✔ The Overthinkers – If you’re spiraling at 2 AM asking “What am I doing with my life?”—this is your jam.
✔ The Burned-Out & Checked-Out – For anyone who feels like a broken Wi-Fi signal.
✔ The Dreamers Who Stopped Dreaming – If you’ve put your goals on a dusty shelf, time to pull them down.
✔ Anyone Who Needs a Laugh While Figuring Out Life – Because crying is great, but laughing feels better.
Dreaming small is just sneaky dreaming big… but smarter.”
Reader Love (Amazon Reviews)
Finally, a Self-Help Book That Gets Real About Wanting More
Permission to want more, without guilt or hustle-culture crap. Feels like advice from a witty friend who gets it.
— Jerry S. Hu
An Existential Crisis Wrapped in Snacks, Sarcasm, and Surprisingly Good Advice
Doesn’t fix the mess, sits in it with you and somehow makes it feel okay.
— The Truth Teller
DUCKS EVERYWHERE!
Kicks ‘enoughness’ to the curb and makes change feel doable (and hilarious).”
— Tamar
You Can’t Paddle Toward a Dream You’re Too Scared to Admit You Have
Best line in a book ever. And the advice sticks.
— Travis
Equal Parts Hilarious and Healing
Laugh-out-loud funny and real as hell.
— Sienna
Ready to stop spiraling and start laughing your way forward?
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