"Take photos to remember happy moments, not to prove that you look good or did something cool. Make a special album in your phone just for "happy mom… - Brianna Wiest

The path to a greater life is not “suffering until you achieve something,” but letting bits and pieces of joy and gratitude and meaning and purpose gradually build, bit by bit.

To fully accept your life — the highs, lows, good, bad — is to be grateful for all of it, and to know that the “good” teaches you well, but the “bad” teaches you better.

lack of routine is just a breeding ground for perpetual procrastination.