"What are you willing to give up?"

Remind yourself what you're willing to give up to keep writing with this Liz Gilbert inspired mug.

"When she was 25 and had moved to New York City to pursue a career as a writer, Elizabeth Gilbert saw a woman in her neighborhood who seemed to be living her dream life: one of creativity that was not taken up by other day jobs.

...One night, Gilbert saw her at a party, where the woman politely asked how her writing was going. Gilbert responded: not very well. The woman asked why. Gilbert said she had too much work, and was busy with a boyfriend, and her roommates were very distracting. In short, she didn’t have time, and she didn’t have privacy.

'At the end, she asked me the single most important question anybody has ever asked me in my entire life. I can honestly tell you my life hinged on that question,” Gilbert recalled. It was: “'What are you willing to give up to have the life you keep pretending you want?'"

– Elizabeth Gilbert on the Three Most Powerful Words a Woman Can Say

 Typewriter logo designed by Emma Winterschladen.

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