It often feels like the way we live is built around milestones: the next step, the next achievement, the next purchase. As if life is one endless climb up a ladder, regardless of what the ladder is for. The structure is the same: reach one, move to the next, keep going.
The Quiet After the Chase
For a long time, I was in that mode of constant climbing. My mind was always occupied with finding the next thing to work toward. But when I finally reached a point where my net worth was stable, I could have the space to stop and look around. In that pause, I realized I hadn’t been making much room for myself. I’d been so focused on the climb as it was built into my DNA. What is enough for me? After I have enough, what is actually worth pursuing? To explore the…
