the in-betweens
I understand that I'm not in a position where I can confidently give life advice, but one thing I’ve truly learned about life: what matters most are the in-betweens. There was a period in my life when I spent my days always looking toward the future. I rarely enjoyed or felt satisfied with the present. My mind was fixed on what’s next, even before finishing what was in front of me, anxiously stuck in constant survival mode. We often wait for the moment when we finally settle, when we can make time for family, for ourselves. We struggle now because we want to afford more options later, a better life, financial freedom, to buy ourselves time, not the other way around, right? Ironically, in the journey, we have to sacrifice the things we thought we'd reclaim later. But that so-called “dream life” may never arrive in the way we imagined (what is a "dream life" anyway?? it sounds so vague, like chasing perfectionism.). Once we reach a better state, there are always more t...
