please don’t rush to fix it. please don’t bypass this with a pinterest quote or a productivity hack. sit in it. trust it. let yourself be slow. make a cup of tea and stare out the window for as long as it takes. listen to the part of you that’s whispering “this isn’t it anymore.” it’s not drama. it’s data.

it’s not that we don’t know who we are. it’s that we’re finally brave enough to question the versions of us that were designed to survive, not to thrive.

the irony is that most of our heroes went through this exact liminal space. joan didion, in her early thirties, took a leave from her magazine job to figure out what she really believed. toni morrison didn’t publish her first novel until age 39. greta gerwig started writing and directing after a long stretch of feeling “off-purpose” in her acting... See more

being lost is the body’s way of saying: wait. before we climb another ladder, can we check where it’s leaning? can we stop and ask if this was ever mine?

we are raised in cultures that love clarity. clarity is productive.

there’s a strange ache that comes with outgrowing a version of your life that you worked hard to create. it’s the kind of feeling that doesn’t announce itself as grief but hums in the background of your daily routine — in the moments when the things that used to feel important start to feel hollow, when your goals no longer excite you, when you’re... See more

we’re terrified of being directionless. we pathologize stillness. we treat confusion like a flaw in the system instead of a sign that the system no longer fits. especially in wellness culture — where even healing becomes a brand strategy. you’re expected to optimize your nervous system, journal your limiting beliefs, and manifest your next season,... See more