The Unofficial Guide to Being Human
THE UNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO BEING HUMAN PATRICK STEVENSON
Nobody's got it all figured out.
I’m Patrick. I write about the everyday things that quietly get on top of us, and the small things that helped me find a way through.
A work in progress,
just like everyone else.
HUMAN
AFTER
ALL
HONEST STORIES ✳ SMALL STEPS ✳ ORDINARY HUMAN STUFF ✳ HONEST STORIES ✳ SMALL STEPS ✳ ORDINARY HUMAN STUFF ✳
01 / THE IDEA
The ordinary, difficult bits
The stuff we all go through, but rarely talk about.
Putting things off. Losing focus. Feeling as if everyone else was given a handbook you somehow missed.
These books begin with what happened to me. I look at what I tried, what did not work, and what made a difference. You can take whatever feels useful and leave the rest.
From the middle of real life
The mess is part of the story.
The notebooks, the half-finished plans, the days that needed another try. That is where these stories begin.
Start
where you are. ↗
A note from Patrick
You do not need to become a different person to begin again.
No grand promise. No perfect system. Just an honest account of what helped me and a little space to work out what might help you.
The books / 02
One real problem.
One honest story.
The Unofficial Guide to Being Human
How I Stopped Procrastinating
A simple way in / 03
What you will find inside.
01
What happened
The ordinary moment when I realised something was not working.
02
What I tried
The false starts, the small experiments and the bits I got wrong.
03
What helped
A few things worth sharing, without pretending they will fit everyone.
From the journal / 04
A few thoughts
along the way.
10 October 2026
Welcome to the Journal
It can start with something small. A job that keeps moving to tomorrow. A thought that won’t leave you alone. Another coffee made while you…
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