The Grief For An Unlived Life, Breaking Free from Expectation
You wake up to a life that looks perfect on paper but feels like it belongs to someone else. The job, the choices, the whole trajectory makes sense to everyone around you. Except there’s this quiet voice saying: this was never my dream. When you’ve spent years living according to other people’s expectations—from parents wanting security, culture defining success, society measuring worth through achievement, you can lose yourself entirely. Recognising the pattern is the first step toward finding your way
