Your Manual

Life's User Manual

You weren’t born with a “how to live your life” guide, which is unfortunate.

Have you ever asked yourself, How do I endure life's craziness, manage stress, and survive the 21st Century?  What am I supposed to do with my time on earth? Or, "Who invited that lunatic for lunch?!"

Do you find yourself falling into fight-or-flight mode every time you read, watch, or listen to the news or some other form of media? Do you wish there was a way to stop the hamster wheel spinning in your brain?

Who are we, really? What is our primary identity and true purpose? Why the heck are we even here? How is it possible that we arrived here without any user manual? Everything else we create has one.

Welcome to the Human Being User Manual. Discover all of the answers to your questions, including questions you didn’t know you had. Get curious, get insights, but most of all, get ready for a manual that will change your life … or at least make you laugh out loud. Plus, it has stick figures.

Pick up your guide to life, purpose, and sanity over at Amazon (I strongly recommend the paper format over the ebook); Kobo; Barnes&Noble; and Audible. More options plus non-US Amazon stores are over here.

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Get your copy of the Human Being User Manual at Amazon (go for the paper version); Kobo; Barnes&Noble; and Audible. More options plus non-US Amazon stores are over here! 

If you only ever buy one of my books ... this is The One.

PS: Below are the results of a Sanity Check survey I did with my readers. As you can see, the vast majority could benefit from a Human Being User Manual!

The Book I Never Planned to Write

I've written at least 60 books, and the Human Being User Manual is the one I never saw coming. I’ve been actively working on it for over two years, and prepping for it for almost five years, which is about 4.6 years longer than I’ve spent on any other book in my catalogue.

Why so long, you ask? Because this book is the reason I’m here as a writer. Dramatic, yes, but still true.

About five years ago, I started writing reflections on different aspects of life that were connected by two golden threads. Purpose. Identity. Who are we? What is the purpose of life? And how do we hold onto that purpose and the joy it gives us in a world that seems increasingly chaotic and crazy?

I never intended to publish these thoughts. But about two years ago, I woke up one morning and all I could think about was the book I was supposed to write. It was such an intense feeling that I couldn’t get it out of my head, even when I was working on other projects. It kept prodding me, insisting that it had to be written and had to be written urgently.

Conversely and annoyingly, it was also a project that demanded time, thoughtfulness, and a level of care that, honestly, I’m not used to giving to a book.

Now you have some background of a project that is very near and dear to me. And I’m really excited that after numerous edits, proofreads, conversations, feedback from experts, and a lot of rereads and revisions (oh, so many), it’s out in the world.

When you read it, you will be reading my heart, my soul, and my hopes for you and for the future. Pick up your copy of the Human Being User Manual at one of these stores: Amazon (the paper version is better); Kobo; and Barnes&Noble. More options plus non-US Amazon stores are over here.

Vered

27 September, 2026

PS again: I strongly encourage you to splurge on the paper or hardcover format. The eBook format is decent, but the physical versions are awesome!

Created by a human. Loved by other humans.

No generative AI were used in the writing of my stories or in the creation of their covers.