What could be better than BEING HAPPY with all that's going on in 2025? TRUNKS ART has the perfect book for inspirational summer reading!

Nampa, Idaho - July 12, 2025 - An excerpt from Chapter Two:

"I also stated that happiness is what ensues when one is able to control all of their emotions. And since we don't have a choice when it comes to feeling an emotion, control in this case is dependent on the amount of time one chooses to commit to an emotion. If the commitment is not excessive, the emotion one feels in a given moment would be considered "under control" and would either contribute to that person's overall feeling of happiness or not diminish it. Conversely, if one's commitment toward an emotion is deemed excessive, or "out of control," then that person's overall feeling of happiness would be diminished. And to me, this holds true for any emotion between euphoria and devastation." 💓

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Who do I think I am? What gives me the right? I'm no Deepak Chopra, Eckhart Tolle, or Viktor Frankl, yet I've written a book about finding happiness by controlling emotions, investing in the present moment, and having a meaningful purpose. The nerve!

More than 100 billion human beings have lived and died on this planet, and I'm guessing that every one of them wanted to be happy. I'm also guessing that very few of them wrote books about being happy. Being Happy: The Pursuit of You is an open and honest journey. By sharing real events from my life, I hope to entertain you and make you think while revealing how I came to discover and harness the happiness and fulfillment that had been hiding inside me all these years.

I offer my humble story in the hope that it'll help you find yours, too. 💓

"Being Happy: The Pursuit of You" is on Amazon now.

Trunks Art moved from Columbia, South Carolina, to Nampa, Idaho, in 2025 and has made this city his home and writing inspiration.

To see more of my work, please scroll through more of my posts or email me at chucktrunks@gmail.com. Or, visit my website at www.trunksart.com. You can find me on Instagram (chucktrunks) and Facebook (Chuck Trunks).

 

A New Book from Trunks Art--"Spot Me: A Gym Memoir"-- Coming This Fall!

 Nampa, Idaho - July 1, 2025 - An excerpt from Chapter Two: 

"After two sets of bicep curls, I stood up from the weight bench, turned the lights off, and made my way to the foot of the stairs in total darkness. Halfway up, my heart sank. I heard something I wasn't expecting from the kitchen—especially in the early afternoon on a weekday—the sound of heavy boots on linoleum. Standing motionless on the stairs, I considered a full-on retreat back down to the basement but was quickly overruled by the fire-breathing metabolism of a starving 14-year-old boy. I took a deep breath and prepared myself for the inevitable. Since he didn't see me working in the yard when he drove up, I would have to pay a steep price—usually in the form of a lecture I knew all too well. However, the sight of me emerging from the basement would no doubt provoke his most inflammatory taunts."

Trunks Art moved from Columbia, South Carolina, to Nampa, Idaho, in 2025 and has made this city his home and writing inspiration.

To see more of my work, please scroll through more of my posts or email me at chucktrunks@gmail.com. Or, visit my website at www.trunksart.com. You can find me on Instagram (chucktrunks) and Facebook (Chuck Trunks).