80 percent of life’s most defining moments taking place by age thirty-five.
“I feel like I'm in the middle of the ocean. Like I could swim in any direction but I can't see land so I don't know which way to go.”
― The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter and How to Make the Most of Them Now
― The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter and How to Make the Most of Them Now
“Be an intentional friend, one that pays careful attention to a pal's life and needs. Treat a friendship like the gift that it is.”
― The Friendship Crisis
― The Friendship Crisis
“I felt trapped in quicksand. Books were about movement. Beginning and middles and ends, even if not in that order. They were about new chapters. And leaving old ones behind.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“When we can't take ownership of the situation, we can still take ownership for the process.”
― Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You
― Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You
“People come into your life for a reason, season, or a lifetime.”
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