Megan Crow > Megan's Quotes

“When opportunity knocks, you don’t leave it standing on the doorstep. You invite it in and feed it chocolate cake.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Ladies' Room

“when you’re anxious, your body wants you to move so that you can relieve tension and counteract the effects of cortisol. Big muscle movements like jump squats, lunges, and kicks can help you move through anxiety and reduce stress.”
― Jolene Brighten, Beyond the Pill: A Revolutionary Program for Hormone Balance, Reversing the Side Effects of Contraception, and Reclaiming Your Health

“was a young woman who had only recently finished college. There was still some dull and limited part of my imagination that believed my education was over because NYU had granted me a diploma. Meeting Winifred, though, made me realize that your education isn’t over when they say it’s over; your education is over when you say it’s over. And Winifred—back when she was a mere girl of eighty—had firmly decided: It ain’t over yet. So when can you start pursuing your most creative and passionate life? You can start whenever you decide to start.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

“The writer Rebecca Solnit puts it well: “So many of us believe in perfection, which ruins everything else, because the perfect is not only the enemy of the good; it’s also the enemy of the realistic, the possible, and the fun.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

“Some people take energy; some people give energy . . . Occasionally, you get lucky and find someone whose energy balances your own and brings you into neutral.”
― Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

“At its core, this new minimalism is recognizing what matters most to you and your family, and then consciously disregarding the rest.”
― Miranda Anderson, More Than Enough: How One Family Cultivated A More Abundant Life Through A Year Of Practical Minimalism

“What defines this type of practical minimalism is not how many things you can eliminate but how intentional you are about the things you eliminate and the things you keep around.”
― Miranda Anderson, More Than Enough: How One Family Cultivated A More Abundant Life Through A Year Of Practical Minimalism

“There is no end to what the world has to offer, so it is critical that we learn to recognize when we have enough.”
― Miranda Anderson, More Than Enough: How One Family Cultivated A More Abundant Life Through A Year Of Practical Minimalism

“Watching children experience hurt and failure is excruciating for parents. We will go to great lengths to protect ourselves from that pain. Therefore we carry bags of snacks to prevent hunger. We equip our furniture with padding to prevent bumps and bruises. We sign our kids up for extra soccer camps to “get a leg up.” We buy them favored toys and gadgets to see more smiles and prevent envy. We do, do, do. More, more, more.”
― Denaye Barahona, Simple Happy Parenting: The Secret of Less for Calmer Parents and Happier Kids

“you’re tired not because of your schedule but because you’re trying so hard to be a perfectly optimized human.”
― Kendra Adachi, The Lazy Genius Way: Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn't, and Get Stuff Done

“The past is with me; the future is unmapped and changeable. Ours for the imagining, spreading out before us. Sunlight-filled, deep blue, and the darkness.”
― Cath Crowley, Words in Deep Blue

“Jennifer Lynn Barnes, a YA author tweeted: One time, I was at a Q&A with Nora Roberts, and someone asked her how to balance writing and kids, and she said that the key to juggling is to know that some of the balls you have in the air are made of plastic & some are made of glass.”
― K.C. Davis, How to Keep House While Drowning

“here is the great news: You do not have to care about yourself to care for yourself. So many of us have the cart before the horse here: you think you must first like yourself to start being kind to yourself. It actually works the opposite way: caring for yourself is the greatest tool for learning to care about yourself.”
― K.C. Davis, How to Keep House While Drowning

“What’s the greatest lesson a woman should learn? That since day one, she’s already had everything she needs within herself. It’s the world that convinced her she did not. —RUPI KAUR”
― Alisa Vitti, In the Flo: Unlock Your Hormonal Advantage and Revolutionize Your Life

“It takes years as a woman to unlearn what you have been taught to be sorry for. —AMY POEHLER”
― Alisa Vitti, In the Flo: Unlock Your Hormonal Advantage and Revolutionize Your Life

“Girls are taught to view their bodies as unending projects to work on, whereas boys from a young age are taught to view their bodies as tools to master the environment. —GLORIA STEINEM”
― Alisa Vitti, In the Flo: Unlock Your Hormonal Advantage and Revolutionize Your Life

“In My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey, neuroanatomist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor wrote, “Once triggered, the chemical released by my brain surges through my body and I have a physiological experience. Within 90 seconds from the initial trigger, the chemical component of my anger has completely dissipated from my blood and my automatic response is over. If, however, I remain angry after those 90 seconds have passed, then it is because I have chosen to let that circuit continue to run.”
― Lauren Martin, The Book of Moods: How I Turned My Worst Emotions Into My Best Life