How to want more without feeling guilty for new moms: honest answers for Belmont

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The bravest sentence a settled person in Belmont can say isn't 'I want more.' It's 'I still do.'

And this is Belmont: a community in the Charlotte orbit where ambition is normal, busy is a badge, and gratitude can quietly slip into autopilot It's also why 'someday' tends to get scheduled for never in places like this.

🎧 A note for Belmont readers (audio note)

“Ambition is not ingratitude.” — There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency

The signs that land hardest in Belmont

You describe your life with gratitude and your days with a sigh — and both are true.
You've gotten very good at maintaining things, and you can't remember the last thing you built.
The idea of wanting more feels almost embarrassing, like admitting the life you have isn't enough.

Future-self dinner reservation

Pick a date three months out and write yourself a one-paragraph message describing what you'll have started by then.
Put it somewhere you'll hit it: phone lock screen, calendar reminder, or taped inside a Belmont kitchen cabinet.

The goal isn't to despise the life you have. It's to love it enough to keep growing inside it.

How book clubs use it

Book clubs keep reporting the same thing — the discussion questions in the back start arguments in the best way, and someone always confesses they've felt 'grateful and stuck' for years.

Questions Belmont readers ask

Does it work as a gift? It's the rare growth book that reads as a compliment, not a hint. The paperback is the usual gift format, and it ships with Prime.

I'm in a good season. Should I skip it? Those are the readers it's most for. It's about keeping momentum through comfort, not waiting for a crisis to start growing.

For the reader in Belmont who's ready

There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency is the conversation this page can only start. One evening, $0.99 on Kindle (free with KU), and the question stops being rhetorical.

There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency — book cover Kindle — $0.99 Paperback — $14.99

Read free with Kindle Unlimited · Prime shipping on the paperback · Talk-it-through questions on the main site.