One day you wake up and realize you don’t fit inside your own life anymore. The walls you built for safety now feel like a cage, holding you in a version of yourself that no longer fits. The routines you once loved have turned into obligations that drain you instead of nourish you. Even the dreams you chased for years—the ones you believed were yours—no longer feel like they belong to you.

And yet, on the surface, nothing seems “wrong” enough for anyone else to notice. Your life looks intact. Stable. Successful. The kind of life people envy from the outside. But deep down, you know the truth: you’ve outgrown it.

You don’t always see the moment it happens. For a while, you’re just doing what needs to be done—showing up, keeping the plates spinning, making sure life stays in motion. Then one morning, you open your eyes and realize you can’t name a single thing that would make you feel alive anymore.

It’s not the first time you’ve been tired, and it’s not even the day you finally admit you’re burned out. This feels different. A vacation wouldn’t fix it. A weekend off wouldn’t touch it. Even the things that once lit you up seem far away now, like they belong to someone else’s life.