Arden Rose > Quotes

“Realize that you can’t let the feelings of others make you live less.”
― Arden Rose, Almost Adulting: All You Need to Know to Get It Together

“Being an adult is realizing that other people are not better or above you.”
― Arden Rose, Almost Adulting: All You Need to Know to Get It Together

“Being completely closed off to a philosophy or lifestyle is not a very adult-y thing to do. In fact, it’s an incredibly childish way to look at the world.”
― Arden Rose, Almost Adulting: All You Need to Know to Get It Together

“The release and joy that come from luxury are only felt when you earned it.”
― Arden Rose, Almost Adulting: All You Need to Know to Get It Together

“I was so uncertain about how to effectively communicate my thoughts and needs that I ultimately helped people in the hopes that they might notice I needed help, too.”
― Arden Rose, Almost Adulting: All You Need to Know to Get It Together

“Most of the people who seem like they have their lives in order are also the people who are great at doing things they don’t want to do.”
― Arden Rose, Almost Adulting: All You Need to Know to Get It Together

“Some might say that makes me antisocial. I say it makes me attentive to my need for alone time.”
― Arden Rose, Almost Adulting: All You Need to Know to Get It Together

“You're your own best friend in life. Treat yourself with kindess.- Arden Rose”
― Arden Rose, Almost Adulting: All You Need to Know to Get It Together

“•​Just do whatever it is that you’re second-guessing. Unless the thing you are contemplating doing is meth. Don’t do meth.”
― Arden Rose, Almost Adulting: All You Need to Know to Get It Together

“Having what you want all the time is a hidden curse. You end up spending your days chasing the best things, only to have the most breathtaking experiences feel…meh. There’s no balance to make the pleasure enjoyable. You didn’t work for it. The release and joy that come from luxury are only felt when you earned it.”
― Arden Rose, Almost Adulting: All You Need to Know to Get It Together

“No one really knows what they’re doing, and I find a bizarre comfort in that.”
― Arden Rose, Almost Adulting: All You Need to Know to Get It Together

“My routine just happens to be a large amount of laziness in the a.m. If that's what makes me joyful in my life, then I'm adulting correctly.”
― Arden Rose, Almost Adulting: All You Need to Know to Get It Together

“Most of the people who seem like they have their lives in order are also the people who are great at doing things they don’t want to do. That’s”
― Arden Rose, Almost Adulting: All You Need to Know to Get It Together

“No one pays enough attention to the important things in life. Put your valuable time and energy into the major issues. Like finding a
way to genetically engineer miniature elephants to have as domesticated house pets.”
― Arden Rose

“Just do whatever it is you're second-guessing. Unless the thing you're contemplating doing is meth. Don't do meth."- Arden Rose”
― Arden Rose, Almost Adulting: All You Need to Know to Get It Together