didn’t mean to take a whole week off—but I did.
Life got heavy.
The kind of heavy that makes you sit still and finally hear the thoughts you’ve been avoiding.
It wasn’t burnout. It was something deeper: a need to reevaluate everything. My time. My energy. My patterns. My purpose.
When life throws weight at you, sometimes it’s not about fighting it—it’s about asking, “Why am I carrying this in the first place?”
Over the past few days, I’ve replayed certain choices in my mind:
- If I knew the world would unfold like this, what would I have done differently?
- If I could go back, would I take that job? Spend that money? Forgive that person—or myself—sooner?
- Would I have gone down this path
- Perhaps this is the sacrifice I should have made sooner
But here’s the reality: I can’t go back.
So now I’m asking a different question—maybe the one that really matters:
What can I do today to feel more like my true self again?
That’s where I’m starting.
Not with blame.
Not with regret.
But with honest curiosity about who I am and who I want to become moving forward.
This isn’t a comeback post.
It’s a clarity post.
I’m moving forward. But I’m doing it slower, wiser, and more intentionally than ever before.
If you’re in that same fog, waiting for your “smoke to clear,” know this:
You’re not alone. You don’t need all the answers—just the courage to ask the right questions.
Let’s keep growing. One day, one breath, one truth at a time.
— Justin
