30/01/2026
You’re successful.
So why does it still feel like everything rests on you?
On paper, your life works.
You’ve done what you said you would do.
Built the career.
Held the responsibilities.
Become the person others rely on.
And the pace never really slowed.
The days are full.
The mental load is constant.
There is always something to stay on top of, manage, respond to, anticipate.
Nothing dramatic.
Nothing visibly wrong.
Just a life that requires you to be on. A lot.
Somewhere along the way, success quietly came with an expectation.
That once you reached this level, life would feel easier.
More enjoyable.
More satisfying to live inside.
But instead, the demands simply changed shape.
You keep going because you are capable.
Because people count on you.
Because you know how to carry things well.
And the hardest part to admit
is that you do not actually know what you are chasing anymore.
Only that ticking the next box does not give you what you thought it would.
It is not about needing less from your life.
It is about wanting yourself back inside the life you built.
Because success was never meant to cost you your sense of self.
And having it all was never meant to feel like quietly tolerating your own life.
You are not ungrateful.
You have just been living in a role that keeps running
long after it stopped asking what you want.