Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

Bird by Bird

7.2/101 min read

5/13/17

  • The dream must be vivid and continuous.

  • Action, background, development, climax, ending.

  • Negative thinking is unproductive so you may as well get something done.

  • Look through the one inch picture frame.

  • The present moment is home.

  • There is cosmic importance in learning to be a giver.

  • Get out of yourself and become a person for someone else.

  • 'If you're not enough before the gold medal, you won't be enough with it.' - Cool Runnings

  • A lot of other people are going to be a lot more somebody than you.

  • Worry about being unavailable. Worry about being absent. Risk being unliked. Tell the truth.

  • Dying people will show you how to live.

  • There is ecstasy in paying attention.

  • Listen to your broccoli and it will tell you how to eat.

  • Calm down, get quiet, breathe, and listen.

  • Remember to write things down.

  • Silence your inner critic.

  • Reach out to people who know more than you.

  • Your anger, damage, and grief are the way to the truth.