Danah Austen

“It feels so unbeneficial to pretend to like your life. Would you pretend to yourself or just to the world, and if you pretended to yourself too, then does the pretending become in some way real? And what, anyway, is real?”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dream Count

“Does productivity equal success? If you have to give up all the things you love in order to rise up the corporate ladder or reach a goal, is it really a win? If your endless pursuit of an objective makes you physically ill—think chronic stress, gut issues, or high blood pressure—is it really an achievement? If you’re riddled with anxiety or wracked with worry from constantly pushing, is it really worth it? What are you really trying to accomplish, what void are you trying to fill with this nonstop pursuit?”
― Alisa Vitti, In the Flo: Unlock Your Hormonal Advantage and Revolutionize Your Life

“Our culture, however, demands perpetual growth and harvest. Trying to live your life in nonstop growth and harvest mode is taxing for your endocrine system.”
― Alisa Vitti, In the Flo: Unlock Your Hormonal Advantage and Revolutionize Your Life

“You can write popular posts on a website, you can have a surfeit of things, and still have an empty life, so there really is no way to prove to someone else the fullness of your own life. Your true experience is the only proof.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dream Count