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

Bondurant · this week's honest page

In Bondurant, life looks handled from the outside: the lawns, the schedules, the well-kept routines. The question is whether the inside still feels like it's growing — or just running.

And this is Bondurant: a Des Moines-area community of strivers and settlers — very often the same person, on the same Tuesday It's also why 'someday' tends to get scheduled for never in places like this.

🎧 A note for Bondurant readers (spoken version)

“This is not a hustle book. It is not toxic positivity.” — There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency

Signs you'd only tell a stranger

You fantasize about a different life for exactly nine minutes at a time, then the alarm goes off.
You've built a beautiful waiting room and called it a home.
Gratitude is real — it's the alibi that isn't.

Ask the person who knew you at 22

Text an old friend one question: 'What did I used to say I wanted? Be honest.'
Read the answer twice in Bondurant. Once for nostalgia, once for instructions.

None of this means your life is broken. It means it's ready. Gratitude was never supposed to be the finish line — it's the fuel.

The ending that gets bookmarked

It ends where most books begin: with a practical, kind, slightly uncomfortable question about what you'll actually do next. Readers in Bondurant and across the country keep the last chapter bookmarked.

What people in Bondurant keep asking

Is it good for a book club? Very — discussion questions come with it, and the 'where have you confused gratitude with settling?' prompt alone powers an hour.

Can I get it for free? Yes — it's free with Kindle Unlimited, free to sample on Amazon, and $0.99 to own on Kindle without a membership.

The book that goes deeper

There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency by Lindsey Nasser unpacks this whole tension — with humor, nostalgia, and zero hustle-culture noise. Kindle $0.99 · Paperback $14.99 · Free on KU.

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

Free on Kindle Unlimited · $14.99 paperback, Prime-fast · Discussion questions on the main site.