About Wendy Syfret
Wendy Syfret is an award-winning Melbourne-based writer and editor. She’s the author of The Sunny Nihilist: How a Meaningless Life Can Make You Truly Happy and How to Think Like an Activist.
Formerly, she served as the Managing editor of VICE Asia. Before taking on that role she was the Head of Editorial for VICE Australia, Australian editor of pioneering fashion publication i-D, and associate editor at VICE.com.
Other publications she’s contributed to include Crikey, the Guardian, ABC Life, the Saturday Paper, Frankie, Noisey, Munchies, Creators, Thump, Oyster, Broadsheet, Man Repeller, Paper Sea Quarterly, and Museum.
Where to find Wendy Syfret
The Sunny Nihilist: A Declaration of the Pleasure of Pointlessness
Career success, a beautiful life, a beautiful Instagram account—what’s the point? In a world where meaning has become twisted into a form of currency that everyone is very keen to cash in on, journalist Wendy Syfret invites you to change the way you think about the way you think.
In her seminal work, The Sunny Nihilist, Syfret presents the optimism in Nihilism, encouraging us to dismantle our self-care and self-centered way of living and accept life as more or less ordinary. Syfret re-examines the meaning of worth, value, time, happiness, success, and connection, and guides us towards the alternative path of pointless pleasure.
When you let go of the idea that everything must have a purpose, you will find relief from stress, exhaustion, and anxiety. Most importantly, you can embrace the opportunity to enjoy the moment, the present, the chaos, and the luck of being alive at all. The Sunny Nihilist is an inspiring call to action and survival adaptation for modern life.