What if the life you’re living isn’t really yours?
What if the titles, the roles, the routines—all came from someone else’s idea of who you should be?
This is a story about waking up inside a life that looked fine from the outside… and choosing, finally, to rewrite it.
It’s about shrinking to fit, breaking to grow, and reclaiming the wild, creative self buried beneath the shoulds.
I can’t do it all—and I’m done pretending I can. This post is for anyone suffocating under the weight of performance, productivity, and polite burnout. It’s a love letter to survival, a call to rest, and a gentle rebellion against the myth that your worth is measured in meetings and metrics.
from the series: Quiet-ish: Meditations for the Restless MindWritten on a day when the brain refused to whisper… Some days, my brain rolls out floats,…
Or: The Oracle of Delphi has entered the group chat. “The unexamined life is not worth living.”— Socrates AI feels ancient. Timeless. Like we’ve finally…
Series: The Beauty of Being Limited “I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and…
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”— Socrates, Apology There’s something timeless about a person who asks, “Why do you believe that?” Not to argue.…
When you finally notice the performance—and can’t unsee it. I can’t sleep in a room with a ticking clock. It’s not just the sound—it’s what…
The American Dream was never what it seemed. In a world unraveling under its own weight, we’re left asking: what now? This is a reflection on suffering, belief, and the stubborn hope that humanity might still find its way back to something real.
When Trump returned to power and took the stage at Davos, it wasn’t just another headline—it was the mask slipping. In a whirlwind of absurdity, nationalism, and billionaire cosplay, the American dream revealed itself for what it’s become: a polished illusion sold off to the highest bidder. This isn’t politics. It’s the televised collapse of morality, democracy, and humanity—and we’re expected to clap along.
Genre:Absurdist Literature Who Will Enjoy This Book: Overview: Amerika, or also known as, The Man Who Disappeared, is Franz Kafka’s unfinished novel about a young…
