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

For Sherwood: grateful, not finished

Some nights in Sherwood 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 Sherwood: a Portland-area community of strivers and settlers — very often the same person, on the same Tuesday And that's the backdrop for everything this page is actually about.

🎧 A note for Sherwood readers (press play)

“I should be grateful, but I still feel unfinished. If you've ever said that, this book was written for you.” — There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency

Three questions Sherwood 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?

Try this tonight (5 minutes)

Write down one thing you're genuinely grateful for in Sherwood — then write one thing you've been calling 'gratitude' that is actually fear of trying.
Set a 10-minute timer tomorrow morning and do one small thing your 'more' would do.

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

The book's third path

There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency refuses the two usual endings — get rich or get zen. Instead it argues for a third: keep your gratitude, keep your nerve, and let the two raise each other.

Questions Sherwood readers ask

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

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.

Take the ten-second decision

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