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

Reading room · Springboro edition

Ask a Springboro 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 Springboro: a Midwest community where comfort is well-earned — and where a comfortable routine can quietly become the whole story And that's precisely where gratitude and growth start arguing — politely.

🎧 A note for Springboro readers (read for you)

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

The quiet signals you'd only admit here

You laugh when people call you 'settled' — not because it's wrong, but because it's accurate.
You defend your routine passionately when anyone suggests changing theirs.
Your to-do list is full of upkeep and empty of ambition — and you know the difference.

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.

You are allowed to love a Tuesday and still not want to live inside it forever.

The size and the density

At 239 pages it respects your schedule without ever feeling thin — essays tight enough for a commute, deep enough that Springboro readers keep whole paragraphs taped to mirrors.

Asked in Springboro, answered honestly

Is this a religious book? No — it's a personal-growth memoir-essay hybrid with universal themes. Readers of any background (or none) quote it the same way.

Is it another hustle-culture book? The opposite. One of its most-quoted lines is literally 'This is not a hustle book.' It's about honest ambition, not grinding.

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

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