Basic and hilarious operating Instructions for humans

A few days before she turned 61, well known author Anne Lamott decided to write down a list of everything she knew for sure, for us humans who are ‘a mixed grill of happy anticipation and dread.’

She dives into the nuances of being a human who lives in a confusing, beautiful, emotional world, offering her characteristic life-affirming wisdom and humor on family, writing, the meaning of God, death and more. From her ideas around not over-helping, to quantum self care, to her knowing that every writer writes very terrible first drafts, she delivers earth shattering wisdom with the dry wit of a raconteur.

Here are her basic operating instructions for anyone feeling overwhelmed or beleaguered in life.