It isn’t necessary to know exactly how your ideal life will look; you only have to know what feels better and what feels worse…Begin making choices based on what makes you feel freer and happier, rather than on how you think an ideal life should look. It’s the process of feeling our way toward happiness, not the realization of the Platonic ideal, that creates our best lives.

The way that other people judge me is none of my business.

Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact.

The difference between success and failure isn't the absence of fear but the determination to pursue your heart's desires no matter how scared you are.

The end goal of all of this striving is to live joyfully, and that there are often more direct ways of achieving this than conforming to rigid standards set by social custom.

Bad habits fill needs, so find good alternatives for them.

Learning to quit while you're not ahead, when the dull ooze of depression tells you things are not going to get any better, is one of the best financial and life skills you can master.