The Treadmill of Transformation

(aka why personal development isn’t the path — it’s the trap)

I used to believe that if I just figured it out — the right diet, the perfect morning routine, the optimal stack of supplements, productivity tools, and spiritual practices — then I’d finally be okay.

Like actually okay.

Like: deep exhale, nothing missing, no ache in the chest, finally-arrived kind of okay.

It didn’t feel like fantasy. It felt like a plan.
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