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

Reader guide · Plainfield, IN

Some nights in Plainfield the house is quiet, the kids are fine, the job is good — and you lie awake because something in you is still knocking. This is about opening the door.

And this is Plainfield: a community in the Indianapolis orbit where ambition is normal, busy is a badge, and gratitude can quietly slip into autopilot Which is exactly why this question lands differently here than anywhere else.

🎧 A note for Plainfield readers (30 seconds, spoken)

“Gratitude and growth can coexist.” — There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency

What autopilot feels like from inside

Sunday night dread that isn't about Monday — it's about the next decade looking identical to the last one.
You cheer for other people's growth stories a little too hard, a little too close to home.
You keep 'meaning to' things you've actually been avoiding.

The 10-10-10 on autopilot

List the ten things you did last week out of habit. Circle the ones you'd choose again on purpose.
For each circled one you don't love: either upgrade it or schedule one deliberate replacement this month.

The plateau in Plainfield isn't a failure. It's a platform — the question is only what you build on it.

Which kind of reader it's for

There are books that fire you up for a week, and books that recalibrate a decade. Readers describe this one as the second kind — the rare title that gets more useful as your life gets fuller.

What Plainfield readers want to know

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.

How long are the chapters? Short by design — most readers finish one in a commute or a lunch break. The book was built for real schedules, not hypothetical ones.

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

Kindle Unlimited readers: free · Paperbacks: Prime-fast · Club discussion: main site.