Change sounds exciting when it’s hypothetical. We talk about new beginnings, fresh starts, reinvention — all those shiny ideas that make life feel full of possibility. But when change actually happens, it rarely feels glamorous. It feels messy, disorienting, and sometimes a little terrifying. Even when it’s something we’ve chosen — a new job, a…
For a long time, I thought listening to myself meant following my instincts only when they were loud and clear — a sudden “yes” or a hard “no.” But I’ve learned that self-listening is quieter than that. It’s slower, softer, and often drowned out by all the noise we live in. Between notifications, expectations, and…
When people talk about happiness, it’s often in big terms — success, love, adventure, purpose. We imagine joy as something waiting at the end of a long road: a major achievement, a perfect day, a dream fulfilled. But more often than not, joy doesn’t arrive in fireworks. It appears in small, ordinary moments — the…
We live in a world that moves fast — maybe too fast. New trends emerge overnight, emails pile up by morning, and every app reminds us that someone, somewhere, is doing more than we are. Slowing down sounds nice in theory, but in practice, it can feel like falling behind. We worry that if we…
There’s something quiet and unassuming about most of our days. We wake up, brush our teeth, make breakfast, scroll our phones, answer messages, go to work, come home, and do it all again. At first glance, it doesn’t look like much — just another ordinary day blending into the next. But the older I get,…