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

Reading room · Vergennes edition

There's a story Vergennes tells about itself — successful, settled, safe. This page is about the sentence after the period.

And this is Vergennes: a Burlington VT-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 Vergennes readers (voiced excerpt)

“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

The giveaways of a grateful-but-stuck life

You say 'I'm blessed' and 'I'm bored' in the same breath — and mean both.
You've started romanticizing a version of yourself that used to want things.
Your gratitude practice has quietly become a list of reasons not to change anything.

Name the plateau out loud

Open your notes app and finish this sentence three ways: 'I've been calling it contentment, but really it's ___.'
Pick the answer that stings the least to read twice — then take one 15-minute step on it tomorrow.

The most expensive thing in a comfortable life isn't the mortgage — it's the sentence you keep not finishing.

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 Vergennes readers keep whole paragraphs taped to mirrors.

The questions that follow — Vergennes edition

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.

Can I get it for free? Yes — it's free with Kindle Unlimited, free to sample on Amazon, and $0.99 to own on Kindle without a membership.

Don't just nod — read the whole argument

This page is a doorway. The book is the room: honest chapters on comfort, comparison, ambition, and what to do this month. Kindle $0.99 · Paperback $14.99.

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

Read it free on Kindle Unlimited · paperback $14.99, Prime shipping · Book-club questions on the main site.