Why January 1st Isn’t Sacred, and Why That Might Be Liberating Every year, billions of people pause at midnight, raise a glass, and agree—almost unconsciously—that something has reset. A new year.A clean slate.A fresh start. But beneath the fireworks and resolutions is a quieter truth we rarely acknowledge: The New Year is a story we made up. Not in the dismissive sense—stories matter—but in the...
There’s a familiar story we tell about aging. As people get older, they “find God.”They “settle down.”They “gain wisdom.”They “make peace with uncertainty.” It sounds noble. Mature. Almost comforting. But beneath that story, another pattern quietly repeats itself — one that’s far less flattering and far more human. What often looks like spiritual awakening is actually something else entirely:...
Most people don’t realize when life shifts from something they’re living into something they’re waiting to get through—until the waiting becomes familiar.
