Begin Where You Are

By Joel Buckner

Most books tell you where to start. This one doesn't. Begin Where You Are has eight chapters, and you can open to any one of them first. Feeling stuck? Start with Survival Identities. Need to laugh before you cry? Start with Dance Like You Mean It. Not sure what you need? Start wherever the book falls open. You don't have to have your life together before you're allowed to begin, so why should the book make you wait either. Inside, you'll find the night I stopped running from my own reflection. My three-year-old having a full meltdown over the wrong color cup, and me realizing, quietly, I do this too, I just hide it better. There are pages that are just art, meant to be sat with, not read. There's a chapter that gives you full permission to dance like nobody's watching, and I am not responsible for any strange looks you get in public. This isn't a five-step plan to fix yourself. It's honest, it's funny, a little strange in the best way, and it reads like we're sitting across a table with coffee going cold because neither of us wants the conversation to end. You are not broken. You are becoming. And you get to begin wherever you are, in the book and in life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HHBRJDHG
• ISBN13: 9798259869271
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Blurb
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.4" x 5.0"