stuck at the top
most people never leave their local maxima. they don’t even realize they’re on one. life plateaus, comfortable, competent, socially validated but flat. no real growth, no real risk, just incremental polish on a path they didn’t fully choose.
i’ve been thinking about this a lot lately: how do you know when you’re stuck? & if you do know… how do you unstick yourself?
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