Yes the exact opposite every single sin you know there's a thing in the book about having taken the 20 questions for drinking once but substituting thinking and have you ever missed work as a result of your thinking? I answered all 20 of them. We're addicted to the thinking and the thinking is really for entertainment purposes only we were intellectuals and aceus when I was a young and we worship East Coast powerful white men because those were the thinkers of the culture. So this stuff gets very deeply inside of you and you have to have the awareness that it's hurting you and that you're ready to try something newbecause it is sinks its teeth and you figure it out.
My first exposure to Anne Lamott’s work was her iconic book, Bird By Bird, which as a writer, was transformative. Not just because it helped me better understand how and why to write, but also because her wonderfully wise and irreverent voice inspired me to be more real, more honest in both my work and my life. I’ve remained captivated by her writing ever since. The author of too many The New York Times bestsellers, including Almost Everything; Hallelujah Anyway; Small Victories; Stitches; Help, Thanks, Wow; and her most recent Dusk Night Dawn, Anne goes places other fear to tread with such humility, humor and craft, it’s like you’ve been invited into her mind, her life and her ability to draw belly laughs, deep wisdom and hits of awakening from those often tiny moments that touch down in our lives that so many of us miss. She reminds you, it may not be fun while it’s happening, but it’s all part of the beautiful souffle of life and every ingredient matters. So excited to share this best-of conversation with you now.
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