Georgetown, KY · a reader's page
The opposite of gratitude isn't ingratitude. In Georgetown, as everywhere, it's autopilot: the cruise control that feels like progress until you check the map.
And this is Georgetown: a Lexington-area community of strivers and settlers — very often the same person, on the same Tuesday That's the terrain — now for the honest line through it.
🎧 A note for Georgetown readers (short audio)
“Ambition is not ingratitude.” — There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency
Rest is earned. Drift is borrowed. Georgetown is full of people who never learned the difference — and one of them doesn't have to be you.
Written with warmth and a sharp eye for the details of ordinary life — school hallways, group chats, Sunday kitchens — the book treats your plateau with respect, and then hands you the keys out of it.
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.
What if I'm not a big reader? The chapters are short, the voice is conversational, and the paperback is Prime-shippable for a reason — it's a book people actually finish.
Trade twenty minutes of scrolling for the first chapter of There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency — free on KU, $0.99 on Kindle, $14.99 paperback.
Kindle — $0.99
Paperback — $14.99
Free with Kindle Unlimited · Paperback rides Prime · Discussion prompts on the main site.