Journey 002 · Not Feeling Good Enough · Part 5 of 5 A few weeks passed. Life did not become easier overnight. There were still busy mornings. Meetings that did not go as planned. Emails I reread more times than I needed to. Photos I almost posted, then changed my mind about. Days when I…
Journey 002 · Not Feeling Good Enough · Part 4 of 5 A few days later, I stopped by a small shopping center after work. I was not looking for anything special. Just groceries. Maybe a new notebook. Maybe a quiet walk through the stores before going home. It was the kind of ordinary afternoon…
Journey 002 · Not Feeling Good Enough · Part 3 of 5 A memory came back to me one afternoon. Not because it was dramatic. Only because it had been quietly waiting there all these years. I was about eight. Our teacher had asked everyone to draw a picture of their favorite place. I drew…
Journey 002 · Not Feeling Good Enough · Part 2 of 5 Once I noticed it, I could not stop seeing it. It was not just the mirror. It was everywhere. I would finish a meeting and immediately replay what I had said. Maybe I talked too much. Maybe I did not say enough. Maybe…
Journey 002 · Not Feeling Good Enough · Part 1 of 5 I was not really looking at my reflection. I was looking for something that needed fixing. It happened almost every morning. I would stand in front of the bathroom mirror a little longer than I meant to. My hair did not look quite…
Journey 001 · Rest Guilt · Part 5 of 5 A few weeks passed. Life settled back into its familiar rhythm. Work was still busy. My calendar still filled up faster than I wanted it to. There were still groceries to buy. Laundry to fold. Emails waiting for answers. Some things did not magically become…
Journey 001 · Rest Guilt · Part 4 of 5 The following Sunday looked almost the same as the one before. The same apartment. The same sofa. The same laptop waiting on the table. The same quiet afternoon that usually made me reach for something to do. Only this time, I noticed the feeling before…
Journey 001 · Rest Guilt · Part 3 of 5 The sentence stayed with me for days. Finish everything first. Then you can rest. I heard it while I was making tea. While I was answering emails. While I was folding laundry late at night, even though the laundry could have waited until morning. It…
Journey 001 · Rest Guilt · Part 2 of 5 Once I started paying attention, I saw it everywhere. It was not just Saturday afternoons. It was not only the book I could not read, or the coffee I let grow cold while I opened my laptop for no real reason. It lived inside the…
Journey 001 · Rest Guilt · Part 1 of 5A five-part journey. Take your time. There’s no rush. Saturday afternoons always felt like they were supposed to belong to me. The workweek was over. My calendar was finally empty. There were no meetings to join, no messages waiting for an urgent reply, and nothing that…