“Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant.”

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"I don’t know what I think until I write it down."

- Joan Didion

Self-awareness

"I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear."

- Joan Didion

Self-awareness

"Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life — is the source from which self-respect springs."

- Joan Didion

Integrity

"I have already lost touch with a couple of people I used to be."

- Joan Didion

Personal Growth

"We tell ourselves stories in order to live."

- Joan Didion

Inspiration

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"When you change your thoughts, remember to also change your world."

- Norman Vincent Peale

Change

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."

- Anaïs Nin

Change

"Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Change

"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes."

- William James

Change

"If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one."

- Dolly Parton

Change