When the life you built stops fitting
For those standing at the edge of what’s next.
There’s a moment, impossible to ignore, when you realize the life you’ve built doesn’t feel like yours anymore.
It creeps in before you know it. You catch yourself saying yes to things that drain you, nodding along in meetings, giving the answers people expect instead of the ones you really feel. You’re great at what you do, people rely on you. And still, something is missing.
For me, that moment arrived one ordinary afternoon, staring at a calendar so full it left no room for me. The work was good. The pay was good. But I felt… nothing. I’d spent years building exactly what I thought I should want, only to wonder, “Is this it?”
The hardest part wasn’t the emptiness, it was the guilt. That little voice that said, “You should be grateful. Who are you to want more?”
But I’ve learned: wanting your life to feel honest and aligned isn’t selfish. It’s just human.
The space in between
There’s this uneasy, in-between place, after you realize things need to change, but before you have any idea what’s next. You can’t go back to who you were. You don’t know who you’re becoming yet. It’s awkward. Lonely. Sometimes it feels like everyone else has it all figured out but you.
I’ve been here more times than I care to admit, and I can tell you that the restless feeling isn’t failure. It’s your inner compass trying to get your attention. It’s the part of you that knows the difference between looking successful and feeling alive.
What I know now
You don’t have to burn your life down to choose something real. Change doesn’t have to mean starting over. Sometimes, it just means listening: making space for what actually matters, even if you’re not totally sure what that is yet.
That’s why I created Unbranding: The Deep Work Mentorship. It’s for women who are ready to stop performing and start living, to make thoughtful changes without blowing up everything they’ve built.
If you’re feeling that tug toward something truer, you’re not broken. You’re not ungrateful. You’re just ready.
And you don’t have to figure it out alone.
Curious? Let’s talk. If you’re reading this and every part of you is nodding, you can enroll here.
That whisper—there has to be more than this—deserves to be heard.
This is exactly where I found myself right before I moved to Greece. Love this perspective!! Girl I also write about the “in between” a lottttt, it’s such an awkward but fun space to exist in!
I absolutely love this (and YOU). Such insight. You get it.