Top Quotes:
“It is addicting to respond to things, to have a lot going on. We live in a culture that really puts being busy on a pedestal, and makes you appear important to other people.” – Liz Fosslien
“Joy versus productivity. It feels like a choice that’s nourishing versus depleting.” – Ali Schultz
“When I ask myself the question, ‘how do I wanna spend my minutes, and/or if I was gonna die tomorrow, what would I choose to be doing?’ I’m gonna hang out in the barn with my really good friends that make my heart explode in a good way.” – Ali Schultz
“What can I do that’s just for me, that feeds me? That doesn’t require any sort of external validation.” – Mollie West Duffy
“We have a tendency to compare ourselves to this mishmash of everyone we know. We create this mythical human being in our head who’s doing it all, all the time.” – Liz Fosslien
“I think it’s useful to just keep a record of some of your harder times, and what you would be so grateful to have. And then later on it’s useful to look back at that and say, “Okay, here’s what is really gonna be a meaningful life for me. And here’s what I have now that I would’ve given so, so much to have five years ago, two weeks ago.” – Liz Fosslien
“I don’t have kids, and I know that my friends that do have such full lives, and in the process become this ever-unfolding, much fuller, expansive versions of themselves in the process.” – Ali Schultz
“The pressure that I put on myself is much higher than the pressure that anyone else puts on me. And what I expect myself to be able to get done in a week is way higher than what anyone else expects me to get done in a week.” – Mollie West Duffy