Rest has always been difficult for me. Even when my body stops, my mind does not. It keeps moving, circling through unfinished tasks and unspoken thoughts, as if stillness itself is a challenge to overcome. I used to believe that rest was simple, that it was only about sleep or stillness, about stepping away from…

Change has never arrived in my life with a loud announcement. It does not knock on the door or call out my name. It arrives softly, almost invisibly, like the way a room fills with light in the morning. You do not see the first moment it begins, only that things look a little different…

I have spent most of my life trying to move faster. I thought speed meant progress. I thought momentum meant I was doing something right. Every time I felt stuck or uncertain, I reached for movement. I filled my days with plans, with projects, with anything that made me feel like I was not wasting…

Every December, I tell myself I’ll start over. I make quiet promises to let go of what no longer serves me, to shed the heaviness of the year before and enter the next one lighter, clearer, better. But when the first days of January arrive, I realize that I have carried nearly everything with me…

For most of my life, mornings have felt like a race. Even when I didn’t have anywhere to be, I would wake up already bracing for the day ahead. My mind would start listing things before I’d even opened my eyes: messages to answer, tasks to finish, mistakes to correct. I’d stretch my body, but…

I have always loved answers. The neatness of them, the way they click into place like puzzle pieces, how they make the world feel briefly less chaotic. I used to think that knowing was the reward for effort, the proof that I was paying attention. If I didn’t have an answer, I’d go looking for…

This morning, the world felt quieter than usual. Maybe it was the snow, or maybe it was just me. I didn’t reach for my phone when I woke up. I didn’t turn on the lights or fill the silence with headlines. I just made tea, the same kind I always make, and sat by the…