"I have to wake up and drink chamomile tea to slow down"
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The intent reads less like wellness advice than like brand management. Dickinson sells extremity: a woman who survived (and profited from) an industry that rewards being perpetually “on” - thin, hot, booked, photographed, desired, replaceable. “I have to wake up” signals compulsion, not preference. “To slow down” implies there’s no natural off-switch, only interventions. Chamomile is the symbolic opposite of the stimulants, adrenaline, and attention economy that powered her era of modeling and later reality-TV notoriety. That contrast is the point: she’s telling you she’s still negotiating with the machine, just with softer tools now.
Subtextually, it’s a small critique of the myth of effortless glamour. Behind the face is the maintenance, behind the maintenance is the panic. Dickinson’s candor functions as armor: by making the vulnerability sound punchy, she stays in control of the narrative. The line turns aging, anxiety, and overdrive into a one-liner you can repeat - a way to confess without begging for sympathy.
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| Topic | Self-Care |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Dickinson, Janice. (2026, January 16). I have to wake up and drink chamomile tea to slow down. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-to-wake-up-and-drink-chamomile-tea-to-slow-86148/
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Dickinson, Janice. "I have to wake up and drink chamomile tea to slow down." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-to-wake-up-and-drink-chamomile-tea-to-slow-86148/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I have to wake up and drink chamomile tea to slow down." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-to-wake-up-and-drink-chamomile-tea-to-slow-86148/. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.









