How to Giggle: A Guide to Taking Life Less Seriously

Using their individual and collaborative vocational stories as examples, Hannah Berner and Paige DeSorbo argue that happiness and success are more achievable for women than society suggests. 

According to Berner, finding contentment and fulfillment in work can happen by chance. Berner worked a job she didn’t like after college because she was led to believe that she must withstand this boring work before she could realize her full potential. However, after leaving that job and being fired from another, she discovered her love for making comedy videos and found fulfillment from her work in entertainment. She recalls the day she got a direct message from a stranger on social media about a role in a reality television show, Summer House. She trusted her gut, took the call, and soon secured a new job. Her family was worried about the opportunity, but Berner didn’t let this anxiety stand in her way. Because she took chances and didn’t give up, she soon met DeSorbo, with whom she’s worked for almost 10 years.

According to DeSorbo, the journey to success and contentment is all about acknowledging and facing one’s fears. She uses her work to launch Front Paige News (her Instagram series) as an example.