When we don’t have a destination in mind, we often don’t leave home, do we?  Most of us aren’t confused because we lack information. We’re confused because we’re trying to skip ahead. We want certainty before movement, guarantees before commitment, reassurance before we’re willing to take a risk. So instead of following curiosity and intuition, we let fear and other people’s opinions decide for us. We’re taught to believe that purpose is something external we need to discover

What if there’s something better? What if I make the wrong choice? All valid questions, aren’t they? Most fear of commitment isn’t really about commitment itself. It’s about what commitment seems to threaten: options, escape routes, the comfort of knowing you can always leave.  Somewhere along the way, we’ve learned to associate staying with risk. Risk of disappointment, of choosing wrong, of being fully seen and realizing that something isn’t as perfect as we imagined. So in

- Have you ever had suicidal thoughts? - Yeah. When I was young? Oh, yeah.  - Really? Why? - Well, like other people… I guess. I didn’t...