I finally quit the stable job everyone told me to keep, and I feel free and terrified at once
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It is wild how universal this is and yet how alone it makes each of us feel. You are far more normal than your brain is telling you right now.
You are not behind and you are not broken. The fact that you can name this so clearly tells me you are more self-aware than you give yourself credit for.
The version of you on the other side of this is going to be so grateful you kept going on the days it felt pointless. Please keep going.
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