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A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

What I Learned While Editing My Life

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A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

Written by: Donald Miller
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After the publication of his wildly successful memoir, Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller's life began to stall. During what should have been the height of his success, he found himself avoiding responsibility and even questioning the meaning of life. But when two producers proposed turning his memoir into a movie, Miller found himself launched into a new story filled with risk, possibility, beauty, and meaning.

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years chronicles Miller's rare opportunity to edit his life into a great story and to reinvent himself so nobody shrugs their shoulders when the credits roll. When his producers begin fictionalizing Don's life for the film—changing a meandering memoir into a structured narrative—the real-life Don starts a journey to make his actual life into a better story.

In this book, we have a front-row seat to Miller's journey—from sleeping all day to riding his bike across America, from living in romantic daydreams to facing love head-on, from wasting his money to founding a life-changing nonprofit.

Guided by a host of outlandish but very real characters, Miller teaches us:

  • Why God hasn't fixed us yet
  • The power of speaking something into nothing
  • The redemptive beauty that can come from tragic circumstances
  • How to get a second chance at life the first time around

Through heart-wrenching honesty and hilarious self-inspection, Miller takes listeners through the life that emerges when it turns from boring reality into a meaningful narrative.

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in love with this book

Narration is excellent, knowing that it is by the author makes it that much more powerful for some reason. This story has inspired me in so many ways. My favourite quote I think is "If the point of life is the same as the point of a story, the point of life is character transformation...If the character doesn't change, the story hasn't happened yet. "

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I read it twice

This book is inspiring and helps me take a look at my own story, and what I can do it for myself, my family, and those around me.

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Long drive thinking

Donald Miller’s narrative style might seem to evidence an attention deficit, but I think it’s really manifesting a gift of attention abundance. “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years” is like a long conversation with a road trip buddy (maybe ADD) about all of the things, where suddenly you’re tearing up or aha-ing or feeling changed and like you’ll never really see the same again going forward. It’s better than pop-psych or self-help—it’s like collective memoir about figuring out what it means to be human.

It’s also a great writing craft guidebook.

Did I mention I loved the experience? I do, especially Ch. 32.

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Interesting

I originally purchased this book thinking it was the same author as Story Brand, it isn’t. However it’s still a very interesting book.

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