--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: That's what I'm trying to do; it's like…" description: "\"“That's what I'm trying to do; it's like counting stars, only so much prettier.”\" — Natasha Anders" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b27/natasha-anders-38701_astronomy_that-s-what-i-m-trying-to-do-it-s-like-c_2098728.jpg" --- # That's what I'm trying to do; it's like counting stars… ![“That's what I'm trying to do; it's like counting stars, only so much prettier.” quote by Natasha Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b27/natasha-anders-38701_astronomy_that-s-what-i-m-trying-to-do-it-s-like-c_2098728.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b27/natasha-anders-38701_astronomy_that-s-what-i-m-trying-to-do-it-s-like-c_2098728.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b27/natasha-anders-38701_astronomy_that-s-what-i-m-trying-to-do-it-s-like-c_2098728.jpg) > ““That's what I'm trying to do; it's like counting stars, only so much prettier.”” [Natasha Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-anders/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The speaker compares their effort to counting stars, emphasizing beauty in the process. **In simple terms:** Effort feels beautiful, like counting stars. Key Takeaway Find beauty in diligent work. Themes creativity perseverance beauty Mood inspired optimistic Type metaphorical motivational When to use this quote - art projects - scientific research - daily routines Key Concepts metaphor of stars personal growth Questions to Reflect On - How does this metaphor motivate you? - What practical steps make the task enjoyable? A Different Perspective Comparisons can romanticize effort, ignoring fatigue. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Astronomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/) [Counting Stars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/counting-stars-699264/) [Like Counting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-counting-470826/) [Prettier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/prettier/) [Romance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/romance/) [Stars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stars/) [Stars Prettier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stars-prettier-4182668/) [Trying Like](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trying-like-880035/) ## Related quotes > [When I did '1,2,3,4' on 'Sesame Street' they'd rewritten the song and made it about counting. At first, I balked. I was like, 'Counting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/feist/when-i-did-1-2-3-4-on-sesame-street-they-d-rewritten-the-song-and/) [Feist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/feist/) > [Finding another you is like counting the exact population of the stars in the night sky. IMPOSSIBLE.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nofacetoshow/finding-another-you-is-like-counting-the-exact-population-of-the/) [NoFaceToShow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nofacetoshow/) > [Counting in octal is just like counting in decimal, if you don't use your .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-lehrer/counting-in-octal-is-just-like-counting-in-decimal-if-you-don-t-use/) [Tom Lehrer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-lehrer/) > [Tracking account planning is rather like counting a mixed batch of tropical fish. You think you see patterns, but they've all changed by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/tracking-account-planning-is-rather-like-counting-a-mixed-batch-of/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [That's the thing: when I'm on stage, I don't care; there could be ten people there, there could be ten million people there. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-white-gluz/that-s-the-thing-when-i-m-on-stage-i-don-t-care-there-could-be-ten/) [Alissa White-Gluz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alissa-white-gluz/) > [“If you always try to measure yourself with money... well, it's like counting backwards, the more you keep on, the less you'll have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-j-carroll/if-you-always-try-to-measure-yourself-with-money-well-it-s-like/) [Steven J. Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-j-carroll/) > [Counting the ways the Book of Mormon brings peace to the soul is like counting the sand on the seashore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-l-andersen/counting-the-ways-the-book-of-mormon-brings-peace-to-the-soul-is-like/) [Neil L. Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-l-andersen/) > [And marking off time struck me as something like counting empty spaces—spaces you know can't ever be filled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-greene/and-marking-off-time-struck-me-as-something-like-counting-empty/) [Bette Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-greene/) > [Dont loose the moon while counting the stars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jackie-lyn/dont-loose-the-moon-while-counting-the-stars/) [Jackie Lyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jackie-lyn/) > [I just started counting the stars in the sky I wish you were here bc it will take forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cody-deans/i-just-started-counting-the-stars-in-the-sky-i-wish-you-were-here-bc/) [Cody Deans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cody-deans/) > [One day you might realize that you've lost the moon while counting the stars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/one-day-you-might-realize-that-you-ve-lost-the-moon-while-counting/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Never ignore someone who loves you and cares about you. 'Cause one day you may realize you lost the moon while counting stars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-callaghan/never-ignore-someone-who-loves-you-and-cares-about-you-cause-one-day/) [John O'Callaghan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-callaghan/) > [Never ignore a person who loves you, cares for you, might wake up from your sleep and realize that you lost the moon while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megz/never-ignore-a-person-who-loves-you-cares-for-you-might-wake-up-from/) [Megz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megz/) > [Those romantic nights, counting stars with the one you love. (:](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/those-romantic-nights-counting-stars-with-the-one-you-love/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [If you wanna know how much I love you, try counting the stars at night. my love for you is infinite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine/if-you-wanna-know-how-much-i-love-you-try-counting-the-stars-at-night/) [Josephine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine/) ## More by Natasha Anders > [“It’s watching the sun rise in your smile and set in your tears.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-anders/it-s-watching-the-sun-rise-in-your-smile-and-set-in-your-tears/) [Natasha Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-anders/) > [“It’s like putting a band-aid on an amputation!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-anders/it-s-like-putting-a-band-aid-on-an-amputation/) [Natasha Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-anders/) > [“Suddenly it felt like there was a ticking time bomb in the house. I didn’t have all the time in the world to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-anders/suddenly-it-felt-like-there-was-a-ticking-time-bomb-in-the-house-i/) [Natasha Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-anders/) > [“what the specifics of that loan were, but she had always assumed that it was done out of generosity. Staring up at him now,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-anders/what-the-specifics-of-that-loan-were-but-she-had-always-assumed-that/) [Natasha Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-anders/) > [“All the air suddenly seemed to leave his sails and his shoulders sagged as he dropped to his knees in front of her,bringing his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-anders/all-the-air-suddenly-seemed-to-leave-his-sails-and-his-shoulders/) [Natasha Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-anders/) > [“I'm your husband...” “No. You are not my husband,” she interrupted in a voice thickened with hatred and tears. “You have never been my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-anders/i-m-your-husband-no-you-are-not-my-husband-she-interrupted-in-a-voice/) [Natasha Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-anders/) > [“The only reason you brought me here tonight was because you thought it would appease me. Throw the vicious dog a bone and it’ll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-anders/the-only-reason-you-brought-me-here-tonight-was-because-you-thought/) [Natasha Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-anders/) > [“Wife trumps all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-anders/wife-trumps-all/) [Natasha Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-anders/) > [“You’re either going to have to do something about the way you feel or you’re going to have to move on.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-anders/you-re-either-going-to-have-to-do-something-about-the-way-you-feel-or/) [Natasha Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-anders/) > [“Chemistry was a terrible thing, sometimes it simply sparked between the wrong people”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-anders/chemistry-was-a-terrible-thing-sometimes-it-simply-sparked-between/) [Natasha Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-anders/) [Explore all 11 Natasha Anders quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-anders/) ## More Astronomy quotes > [I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-have-inside-me-the-winds-the-deserts-the-oceans-the-stars-and/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [Mankind have been slow to believe that order reigns in the universe-that the world is a cosmos and a chaos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-garfield/mankind-have-been-slow-to-believe-that-order-reigns-in-the-universe/) [James A. Garfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-garfield/) > [Wen daylight turns to a darkened hue, D lovely stars hinting at u, ur heart beat tells u something true, That some 1 badly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butterfly-kisses/wen-daylight-turns-to-a-darkened-hue-d-lovely-stars-hinting-at-u-ur/) [Butterfly\_Kisses](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butterfly-kisses/) > [Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/home-is-behind-the-world-ahead-and-there-are-many-paths-to-tread/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the heroine bobs...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/in-the-movie-the-stars-above-the-ship-bear-no-correspondence-to-any/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) > [Astronomers have built telescopes which can show myriads of stars unseen before; but when a man looks through a tear in his own eye,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/astronomers-have-built-telescopes-which-can-show-myriads-of-stars/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [From the grasses in the field to the stars in the sky, each one is doing just that; and there is such profound peace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rabindranath-tagore/from-the-grasses-in-the-field-to-the-stars-in-the-sky-each-one-is/) [Rabindranath Tagore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rabindranath-tagore/) > [“Sentinels of trees breathe life into bodies of earthly flesh As their mighty arms reach to the stars we join in their quest for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramon-ravenswood/sentinels-of-trees-breathe-life-into-bodies-of-earthly-flesh-as-their/) [Ramon Ravenswood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramon-ravenswood/) > [“If there are no stars on the sky, you must try to be happy with the shining streetlights!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/if-there-are-no-stars-on-the-sky-you-must-try-to-be-happy-with-the/) [Mehmet Murat ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/) > [Twinking tears in a sea of black. Soft light in a world of darkness. Tiny wishes in a place of dreams. Do you see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-gentile/twinking-tears-in-a-sea-of-black-soft-light-in-a-world-of-darkness/) [Nicole Gentile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-gentile/) > [Your head's like mine, like all our heads; big enough to contain every god and devil there ever was. Big enough to hold the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/your-head-s-like-mine-like-all-our-heads-big-enough-to-contain-every/) [Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-morrison/) > [“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars." ... quote has been credited to Les Brown.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylviek/shoot-for-the-moon-even-if-you-miss-it-you-will-land-among-the-stars/) [Sylviek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylviek/) > [When certain stars take you under their wing, it does help as they gauge your potential and are willing to work with you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-bhatt/when-certain-stars-take-you-under-their-wing-it-does-help-as-they/) [Vikram Bhatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-bhatt/) > [We were put here as witnesses to the miracle of life. We see the stars, and we want them. We are beholden to give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-were-put-here-as-witnesses-to-the-miracle-of-life-we-see-the-stars/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [The reason so many of us are obsessed with becoming stars is because we are not yet starring in our own lives. The cosmic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/the-reason-so-many-of-us-are-obsessed-with-becoming-stars-is-because/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Browse all 6,190 Astronomy quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“That's what I'm trying to do; it's like counting stars, only so much prettier.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Natasha Anders" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-anders/that-s-what-i-m-trying-to-do-it-s-like-counting-stars-only-so-much/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Astronomy" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-anders/that-s-what-i-m-trying-to-do-it-s-like-counting-stars-only-so-much/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b27/natasha-anders-38701_astronomy_that-s-what-i-m-trying-to-do-it-s-like-c_2098728.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b27/natasha-anders-38701_astronomy_that-s-what-i-m-trying-to-do-it-s-like-c_2098728.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b27/natasha-anders-38701_astronomy_that-s-what-i-m-trying-to-do-it-s-like-c_2098728.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That's what I'm trying to do; it's like counting stars, only so much prettier.” — Natasha Anders", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Natasha Anders", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-anders/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "“That's what I'm trying to do;...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-anders/that-s-what-i-m-trying-to-do-it-s-like-counting-stars-only-so-much/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-anders/that-s-what-i-m-trying-to-do-it-s-like-counting-stars-only-so-much/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```