The 5:00 AM routines. The aesthetic workspace setups. The gurus on social media telling you that if you aren't managing a full-time career, running two side hustles, learning front-end development, and flipping digital assets before breakfast, you’re simply "losing the game."
For years, I bought into that exact narrative. I thought that if my laptop wasn't burning a hole through my desk by midnight, I wasn't working hard enough.
But a few days ago, it hit me.
The Moment the Screen Blurs
I was sitting at my desk, staring at a screen packed with forty open tabs. My coffee had gone cold hours ago. I had a deadline looming, a client text waiting for a reply, and a strange, heavy feeling in my chest that I couldn't quite shake off.
I looked at the cursor blinking at me, and for the first time in years, I froze. I covered my face, completely overwhelmed, and asked myself a dangerous question:
"Who am I actually doing this for?"
