Janet Hoggarth > Quotes

“But to keep thinking things will get better when this happens or that happens isn’t helpful. You’ll spend your entire life waiting for the next thing to make you happy. This is your life: whether it’s what you planned or not, it’s where you are right now. It won’t always be good, but it won’t always be this shit. Life is hard and then sometimes it isn’t.”
― Janet Hoggarth, The Single Mums' Mansion

“about time I stopped thinking life will feel better when this happens or that happens or when I meet someone. Life is happening now.”
― Janet Hoggarth, The Single Mums' Mansion

“Grief also makes you mental. You can’t try and outrun it: it always catches you in the end.”
― Janet Hoggarth, The Single Mums' Mansion

“We should have been taught mindfulness at school; it might have helped ease the anxiety”
― Janet Hoggarth, The Swim