Survival Mode: A Brutally Honest Guide to Faking It Til You Make It

If youre tired of pretending youre fine while silently unraveling in the breakroom, this book gets it.

Survival Mode is a brutally honest, laugh-out-loud guide for anyone whos barely holding it together in a world that demands too much, too fast, and too perfectly. D. M. Gross-your sarcastic co-pilot through burnout, anxiety, emotional exhaustion, and existential dread-delivers a raw, hilarious, and oddly hopeful roadmap to simply staying afloat.

This isnt a self-help manual for "becoming your best self." Its a coping companion for your worst days. No life hacks. No fake positivity. Just real talk, strategic messiness, and the radical permission to be gloriously imperfect.

For the overworked, overwhelmed, emotionally crispy human who still laughs at memes and keeps showing up-this book is your middle finger to perfectionism, your love letter to survival, and your proof that you are not alone.