Do You Have Some Days You Feel Like You’re Living a Lie?

I believe that everyone has some days like this.

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Who in the hell am I?

That’s the question, isn’t it? Who are you?

Then, because that question alone isn’t sufficient, where, how, and why also get tossed into the mix.

Everyone makes choices every day. Some are small and largely automatic. Some are huge with massive effects/affects and/or consequences.

Whatever the case might be, you will have both good days and bad days. Among these, some good days are life-changing, life-affirming, and memorably incredible. But then, some days are life-changing, godawful, and horrifically forgettable.

Most days, though, just are. You have a day.

And society prefers it that way.

In the United States, as far as I can tell, the preferred “norm” to be maintained looks like this: Get out of bed, do your morning routine, go to work (some 9–5 gig, whether at an office, home office, or hybrid). Then you go home, chill and/or do a hobby-type thing, and/or watch TV, and/or play video games, and the like. After that, go to bed — rinse, repeat.

For some people, this works perfectly well, and they’re content with it. Mostly. But then, I…