Jonathan Chambers

“The thing with mental turmoil is that so many things that make you feel better in the short term make you feel worse in the long term. You distract yourself, when what you really need is to know yourself.”
― Matt Haig, Notes on a Nervous Planet

“He said positive liberty is self-mastery—the rule of the self, by the self. To have positive liberty, he explained, is to take control of one’s own mind; to be liberated from irrational fears and beliefs, from addictions, superstitions and all other forms of self-coercion.”
― Tara Westover, Educated

“Instead of focusing on what’s wrong, focus on what’s right – your unique strengths, abilities and passions. It might sound cheesy, but if you feel like you don’t fit in this world, it’s because you’re here to help create a new one.”
― Leanne Maskell, ADHD an A-Z: Figuring it Out Step by Step

“Every second of every day we are entering a new universe. And we spend so much time wishing our lives were different, comparing ourselves to other people and to other versions of ourselves, when really most lives contain degrees of good and degrees of bad.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library