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

Reader guide · The Plaza, NM

Ask a The Plaza 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 The Plaza: a Santa Fe-area community of strivers and settlers — very often the same person, on the same Tuesday That context matters more than any general advice ever will.

🎧 A note for The Plaza readers (short audio)

“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

If your life looks great and feels flat

You've become fluent in the language of 'should be grateful' — and it's crowding out 'actually am.'
Your ambition didn't die; it just stopped being invited places.
You're the most together person you know and the most quietly stuck.

Try this tonight (5 minutes)

Write down one thing you're genuinely grateful for in The Plaza — 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.

Gratitude looks backward with warmth. Growth looks forward with nerve. A full life uses both sets of eyes.

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.

Before you go — The Plaza questions

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.

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.

One chapter tonight, one change this week

Start free on Kindle Unlimited, or own the Kindle edition for $0.99 — the paperback ($14.99, Prime) is the one people pass to a friend.

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

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