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thanks for writing this

i felt this way earlier this year when i recently left the place i was working at. i was unemployed for 2 months and felt like my life was on standstill while everyone around me was living it. it was really hard to find any spark or liveliness in my life—i spent most days alone and working on things that i wasn't sure would lead to anything.

i am trying to develop a stronger, almost irrational, sense of self-belief. truly believing that i will be okay and figure out whatever situation i'm in. my hunch is that the majority of discontent/anxiety/exhaustion that we feel is because we have an idea of where we want to be or what our lives should look like, but our present selves aren't there yet (and sometimes we can't even see how we'll get there). but it gets easier to live the day-to-day if you cultivate a stronger sense of security and faith in yourself, even if that faith feels irrational.

again, thanks for sharing and always happy to chat!

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