IF/WHEN We Outgrow The Life We Built?

 

YES YES yowwww, no one AS IN no one warns us about all these.  We work hard.  We build.  We climb.  And we even say YES and YES over and over again, NOT until one day we look around and realize the life we created [WHICH we were so damn proud of] is now the very thing making us feel stuck!@#$%?   LIKE when we looked around and ask ourselves 'THIS FITS BEFORE BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO FIT ANYMORE'.  WHAT's befuddling is that we DIDN'T fail, we DIDN'T mess up things

Voila!  Reading the tea leaves, those are scenarios manifesting that we simply outgrew WHAT once sustained us.  YES, been there and it's tough as that can feel deeply confusing because no one tells you HOW to navigate that discomfort of becoming someone new WHILE still standing inside an old version of your life.  WHAT is often missed [and I did miss this out] is the NOT so obvious fact that 'GROWTH DOESN'T ALWAYS EQUATE TO CELEBRATION'

BUT somehow, most people associate GROWTH with that sort of 'forward motion', LIKE goals achieved, milestones reached, new heights conquered.  BUT WHAT we DON'T talk about enough is the quiet and lonely ache of GROWTH that pulls us away from WHAT once felt safe and familiar.  WHO knows you're still showing up to that same job, leading the same team, OR still managing the same schedule BUT deep inside, something seems to have shifted

Before you wrongly guess it out, let us NOT be so quick with our fingers pointing to burnout!@#$%?  And likely, it's NOT even boredom.  The thing is, sometimes, GROWTH DOESN'T look like climbing higher.  Instead, it can be a chameleon, looks like letting go of the roles, the routines, and even those responsibilities that NO longer align with WHO you're becoming [by now].  YES dude, let us NOT tag it as weakness because it could be wisdom instead

Our takeaway:  So, WHAT now [if ever this hits you]?  Firstly, you're NOT alone on this.  Many of us went through this.  Been there.  Quite tough.  Those moments, WHEN success starts to suffocate instead of satiate you, that's more commonly experienced than you think.  Bluntly, it is one manifestation that your life could have likely stopped evolving with you.  And NO, you DON'T have to burn it all down to fix it.  Instead, that could be one of those tell-tale signs that we need to reset OR reboot.  WHETHER you'll go for a soft OR hard reset/reboot, it's your call BUT where possible, never simply shrug off your shoulder once you feel you have OUTGROWN THE LIFE YOU BUILT!!!