Dymphna Lanjuran's Key Ideas from Notes on a Nervous Planet
by Matt Haig

• Feeling that you have no time doesn't mean that you have no time.
• Feeling you are ugly doesn't mean you are ugly.
• Feeling anxious doesn't mean you need to be anxious.
• Feeling you haven't achieved enough doesn't mean you haven't achieved enough.
• Feeling that you lack things doesn't mean you are less complete.

1. Wake up.
2. Pick up your phone.
3. Stare at phone for 72 minutes.
4. Sigh.
5. Get out of bed.

Alternatively, once in a while, try skipping stages 2 to 4.

1. Don't feel you always have to be there. We can choose not to feel obligated. We can just let them wait. We can risk our social media getting stale.
2. Turn off notifications. This is essential. You don't need any of them. Take back control.
3. Have times of the day when you're not besides your phone. No one needs their phones all the time.

1. It's okay.
2. Even if it isn't okay, if it is a thing you can't control, don't try to control it.
3. You feel misunderstood. Everyone is misunderstood. Don't worry about other people understanding you. Aim to understand yourself. Nothing else will matter after that.

1. Accept yourself. If you can't be happy as yourself, at least accept yourself as you are right now. You can't change yourself if you don't know yourself now.
2. Never be cool. Never try to be cool. Never worry what the cool people think. Head for the warm people. Life is warmth. You'll be cool when you're dead.
3. Find a good book. And sit down and read it. There will be times in your life when you'll feel lost and confused. The way back to yourself is through reading. I want you to remember that.