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

Local reading · Stillwater

The opposite of gratitude isn't ingratitude. In Stillwater, as everywhere, it's autopilot: the cruise control that feels like progress until you check the map.

And this is Stillwater: a Minneapolis-St. Paul-area community of strivers and settlers — very often the same person, on the same Tuesday It's also why 'someday' tends to get scheduled for never in places like this.

🎧 A note for Stillwater readers (audio, ~20 seconds)

“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 Stillwater 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?

Say the quiet part to paper

Write the sentence you'd never post: what you're actually afraid of about staying exactly as comfortable as you are.
Then write one true, kind thing you're doing about it this week. Keep both halves — that's the balance the book is about.

You don't have to blow up a good life to build a bigger one. You just have to stop calling the plateau 'peace.'

The book's actual argument

Chapter by chapter, There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency separates peace from autopilot: what to keep, what to restart, and how to want more from a life you already love — without the guilt spiral so many ambition books accidentally create.

Straight answers for Stillwater

Why is it only $0.99 on Kindle? To make the decision easy. It's free with Kindle Unlimited, and the $14.99 paperback is the same book in a format you can gift.

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.

Pick it up where this page leaves off

The full book goes chapter-by-chapter through the exact line you just felt — Kindle $0.99, paperback $14.99, free on Kindle Unlimited.

There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency — book cover Kindle — $0.99 Paperback — $14.99

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