Disappointing Affirmations and the lovely

and the lovely

he was regularly beaten by bullies

two ex-cons with little else in common other than a criminal past and a love for their dead sons

and self-help

And behavior is hard to teach

Disappointing Affirmations and the lovelyUSA Today Bestseller Disappointing Affirmations hilariously counters the culture of relentless toxic positivity with a realistic take on a disappointing world where failure is always an option, but that's okay. From the creator of the wildly popular Instagram account @disappointingaffirmations. Pairing lovely vacation photos taken by the author himself with sayings that are amusingly self critical, encouraging, disillusioned, or all three at once,