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Haley Nahman Quotes

Total quotes: 16
“Beneath the surface of compliments is a complex network of social norms and cultural baggage that can shift and change depending on the context.”
— Haley Nahman, The Dark Side of Compliments
Tagged: compliments
“What if fights and the resolving of them actually made relationships stronger, like micro-tears in a muscle?”
— Haley Nahman, On Conflict Aversion and Why Fighting in a Relationship Might Be Healthy
Tagged: Relationships & Dating
“I set up a therapy consultation. The best-feeling thing I’ve done all week.”
— Haley Nahman, I Did Whatever I Wanted for 3 Days and It Was…Telling
Tagged: Doing What You Want, Life, life advice, Being a grown up, therapy
“Either choice is so much more freeing than which choice, and it might even be more honest. Your path is just your path.”
— Haley Nahman, I’m Beginning to Think “Right” Answers Are a Myth
Tagged: Right Answers, Being Right, correct, Life, life advice
“If you were to ask me why the hell any of this matters, I’d start by telling you it probably doesn’t.”
— Haley Nahman, I Found the Best Women's Pants That Actually Cover Your Ankles
Tagged: pants, Fashion, clothing, Clothes
“My social intuition is so shitty I need a push notification to remind me I enjoy seeing people.”
— Haley Nahman, I’m Beginning to Think Insecurity Is a Reality of Modern Life
Tagged: Insecurities, personal, Social Skills, Social, Friendships
“Lean way the fuck into who you already are. It’s the perfect, healing mantra for a self-improvement and comparison-obsessed culture. What if you already are your best self? What if the only thing standing between you and a more comfortable existence was accepting that?”
— Haley Nahman, What if You Already Are Your Best Self?
Tagged: Self-improvement, Healing
“Every time I receive a death notification—they come at randomized times (just like death!) between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.—I’m invited to open it for a quote about human impermanence, or the beauty of mortality, or something else appropriately death-adjacent.”
— Haley Nahman, Remind Yourself You’re Going to Die
Tagged: Life, Death, Fear Of Death, Mortality
“Not: You are beautiful and don’t know it. Not: Fuck the beauty standards. Not: You shouldn’t care how you look. Just: You don’t have to look good. You do not owe anyone your most “attractive” self if you’d rather just exist. You and your life are worth capturing, remembering and admiring regardless of how beautiful some standard you did or didn’t agree to might deem them.”
— Haley Nahman, Why Do I Feel the Need to “Look Good”?
Tagged: beauty
“Some may tell you to pursue views, clicks or followers, but I’m here to tell you there’s no more noble pursuit than that of authenticity. If you want to fight against all the bullshit online, it’s paramount that you understand the importance of being honest, being you, and most crucially, being true to your personal brand.”
— Haley Nahman, With a Little Effort, Anyone Can Be Authentic Online
Tagged: satire, humor, Authenticity, Social Media
“The first thing I do upon waking up is Instagram a watermarked photo of Guy Fieri looking eagerly at a burger and caption it 'literally me.' I let my phone fall on my empty stomach. I stare at the ceiling. I’m very tired. I open Twitter and tweet a photo of a cat hanging from a tree with, 'Hang in there ppl.' I drop my phone again.”
— Haley Nahman, Millennial Survives Another Day of Nonstop Irony
Tagged: Millennials
“Many referred to shows-over-dinner as a 'nightly ritual' or 'a bad habit.' Others said Netflix has held their relationships together, for better ('Hate-watching Riverdale together is what keeps the 7 year relationship going most weekdays'), worse ('With my last boyfriend, Netflix filled a void where our common interests should have been'), or worst ('Me and my ex used to do nothing but watch Netflix. We broke up last year and I literally haven’t watched since.')”
— Haley Nahman, How Binge-Watching Is Changing the Course of Modern Love
Tagged: Modern Love, Netflix, Binge-Watching
“It had never occurred to me that by keeping a large reflective surface in a common area of my apartment, I have been inviting the opportunity to perform constant self-analysis. I’ve heard of people not keeping full-length mirrors, or failing to buy one for months after moving somewhere new, and I’ve always been baffled by that decision. 'How can you get dressed without one?' I’d ask them in surprise. But what I was really asking was, 'Don’t you care what other people think?'”
— Haley Nahman, If I'm "Dressing for Myself," Why Do I Need to Look in the Mirror?
Tagged: Self-Worth, Fashion Choices, Confidence
“'Sorry' and 'thank you' mean very different things, but they’re often used interchangeably in modern dialogue. 'Sorry I’m late' could also be 'thank you for waiting.' 'Sorry to vent' could also be 'thank you for listening.' In these situations, both approaches endeavor to deliver the same point — acknowledgement of the other; communication of well intent — but they carry distinctly different tones.”
— Haley Nahman, There Are Two Kinds of People: "Sorry" People and "Thank You" People
Tagged: Sorry, Thank You, Apologize, Semantics, Words Matter
“This place is so many nonsensical things, but it’s never a snooze, which is why anyone who considers themselves existentially bored ought to consider moving here right away. We have entertainment and anxiety in spades — and not an emotional offbeat in sight. We’d welcome you with stiff, crossed arms and the humble request that you kindly move aside because we’re walking here. Just make sure you don’t arrive without a paying job, a shitload of optimism and a pack of Lifesavers worth of coping mechanisms to get you through the weeks when it runs dangerously low.”
— Haley Nahman, New York Has Made an Unusual Dreamer Out of Me
Tagged: New York
“It ought to go without saying, but life in the United States of America was never “great” for everyone — and that remains true today. But even if the emotional decibel in America currently falls somewhere between anxious, traumatic and chaotic, whenever I listen closely, I hear a different tune: tune strung together by the millions of Americans who are on the ground, passionate and vulnerable, fighting for their space, nurturing their communities and celebrating the spectacular diversity that has the capacity to make this country live up to its name.”
— Haley Nahman, 14 People Share a Slice of Their America
Tagged: America
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