Erin Loechner Quotes & Sayings

Here is the secret to subtraction. It doesn't matter what you remove. What matters is that you stop adding it back. — Erin Loechner

Use what you have. Shop for what you'll use. Take stock of what you have and wear it. Use it. This is the best way to honor those who have made your clothing. An — Erin Loechner

A girlfriend once shared with me the theory about the three buckets we hold in our lives. One bucket contains our connection, another our vitality, and a third our contribution. The theory goes like this: when one bucket is empty, the others need to be filled. When you're feeling lonely, alienated, and low on connection, boost your vitality and contribution. Take a walk, cook a nutritious meal, volunteer to bake cookies for the blood drive. When you're feeling spent and low on energy, on stamina, perhaps you've been neglecting connections and contributions. Invite a few friends over for takeout and brainstorm creative projects. When you're feeling as if you have nothing to give, nothing to contribute, fill your connection and vitality buckets. — Erin Loechner

A comfortable mattress matters to me. A fresh coat of paint matters to me. Under-cabinet lighting matters to me. I do not want them to matter to me. But — Erin Loechner

SOMETIMES, WHEN WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR WHAT WE WANT, WE FIND WHAT WE NEED. One — Erin Loechner

Sometimes it's hard to see the difference between change and compromise, between sacrificing something you want for something you want a little bit more. "I — Erin Loechner

We know better than to compare ourselves with others online. We know a Facebook feed, for most, is a glorified highlights reel, a round-up of our best moments, our funniest selves, our greatest champions. We know not to compare our worst with someone else's best. But — Erin Loechner

The heart of a woman is the best mirror you can find. — Erin Loechner

You needn't establish rules for why it may or may not be appropriate to wear, say, yoga pants to the grocery store. Your yoga pants were made by someone. They were designed, they were stitched, they were seamed, they were dyed, they were woven, they were packaged. Wear them to buy your milk. Wear them wherever you'd like. Shopping — Erin Loechner

We are doing ourselves no favors when we look to the crowd to tell us where we are. — Erin Loechner

I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending their lives doing things they detest, to make money they don't want, to buy things they don't need, to impress people they don't like. - Emile — Erin Loechner

Sometime when we're not looking for what we want, we find what we need. — Erin Loechner

I do not know that everything happens for a reason. I simply know that everything happens. — Erin Loechner

I used to think the opposite of control was chaos. But it's not. The opposite of control is surrender. — Erin Loechner

WITHOUT GRACE, MINIMALISM IS ANOTHER METRIC FOR PERFECTION. Chasing — Erin Loechner

Grace is giving yourself a free pass and realizing that it isn't free at all. — Erin Loechner