one day, it hit me like a bag of bricks. i finally found the term for it:

DOGMA.

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”

Elon Musk

i think some of us wait until something drastic happens in our lives to create change. massive debt, old age, loneliness, overworked. then again, some of us never get there, some of us die wishing they had done something, gone somewhere, said that one thing. for me, i’d like to die knowing that i’ve always been right within myself, my inner being, and trying to live this life to the fullest by doing what i love and what i want to do.

they say when you live in your life, when you listen to yourself, that everything else just follows, that your true passion, your true calling just emerges. so, here i am.