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

DeForest: the question behind the question

Ask a DeForest reader what they're grateful for and you'll get a beautiful list. Ask what they're building and you'll get the look this whole book was written about.

And this is DeForest: a community in the Madison orbit where ambition is normal, busy is a badge, and gratitude can quietly slip into autopilot That context matters more than any general advice ever will.

🎧 A note for DeForest readers (in her voice)

“There is a fine line between gratefulness and complacency. One brings peace. The other slowly convinces you to settle.” — There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency

Three questions DeForest readers dodge

What would you try if nobody would ever find out if you failed?
When did you last do something you weren't already good at?
What did you stop wanting — and was it a decision or a drift?

The 7-day no-explanations week

For seven days, do one small thing you want without defending it to anyone — including yourself.
Watch what happens to the 'I should be grateful' voice when it stops being cross-examined.

Nobody's coming to push you out of a good life. That's why you have to walk.

Why it reads like being caught

Readers comparing it to their favorite memoir-essays keep landing on the same note: Lindsey Nasser describes the interior of a comfortable stuck life so precisely it feels like being caught, lovingly, in the act.

What DeForest readers want to know

Is it preachy? No. It shares observations and stories more than instructions — and it openly rejects hustle-culture preaching along the way.

Does it include discussion questions? Yes. Book clubs get a full set in the back — and readers from Midwest are already using them monthly.

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