About Me

So, after reading all this, you've probably concluded that I'm one of those annoying people who always smile, never feel down and everybody loves?

Er, not really. Actually, I'm on the Happiness Hike - just like you and everybody else. Truth is, I've always had to battle my moods more than most people - and have decided not to lie about it. All these self-help writers seem to portray themselves as perfect and having all the answers - maybe worrying that people wouldn't but their work unless they appeared as anything other than totally happy and fulfilled (forget human). Being happy and fulfilled is what qualifies them to write and give advice. You wouldn't buy a book about investment written by someone who just went broke; but maybe a person who just went broke could write an honest book about how to bounce back, and still retain their integrity.

I was born in 1971 in England and am Eurasian. I started having fits of depression as a teenager. I wrote non-fiction books about religion and after a few false starts, was accepted for publication, but the company went broke before they could produce it!

I returned to college, finished college, realised I couldn't stand the life I was living and left to live in Asia on 22nd February 1993.

And I'm still here. I worked as a teacher and had some stuff published in Australia. I wrote three novels in various countries, which I'm still trying to sell! And now I've written this web -page, which I shall also try and sell. I got sick a few years ago with joint disease, God knows what, but I've lost some mobility and battle that too.

And I'm still on the Happiness Hike - and resolutely won't lie about it. If you've read this whole site then it's obviously that I've considered the question of happiness very deeply. No one would ponder, dwell on or meditate something they didn't aspire to. People born into money can't write about how to obtain it - they always had it. The fact that I've been unhappy (and still am sometimes), that fact that I'm like you is what qualifies me to write. The fact that I look for my answers - and they're everyone's answers, and if they work I want everyone to be happy.

And now you know the truth. There are no masters with all the answers. There's just you and me - all the same. As long as I'm breathing I'll be looking, and whatever I find - I'll give it to you.

See you around.

JSL.

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