Can't I Just Get It Together?

How to Handle People, Problems, and Everything They Didn't Teach You in School

De: Jennifer Larsen

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Many adults reach a point where life feels harder than it should. Conversations feel awkward. Work relationships are draining. Everyday responsibilities pile up without clear instructions. And despite best efforts, it can feel like everyone else got a manual you somehow missed.

This book is a practical guide to the soft skills adults are expected to know—but are rarely taught. It covers communication, emotional awareness, boundaries, confidence, self-advocacy, considered decision-making, and navigating everyday interactions with clarity and calm. Rather than offering rigid rules or personality makeovers, the book focuses on understanding how social and emotional systems work, so readers can move through life with greater ease and intention.

Written for adults who are thoughtful, capable, and trying their best, this guide acknowledges that many struggles are not personal failures, but gaps in instruction. Through clear explanations, relatable examples, and supportive guidance, readers learn how to handle conflict, manage stress, communicate needs, and build healthier relationships at work, at home, and in their communities.

Part of the Can’t I Just…? series, this book offers a reassuring, practical approach to adult life—one that respects autonomy, intelligence, and lived experience, while providing the tools needed to function with confidence in a complex world.