A turning point in life—only later did I realize that the breakdown at 28 or 29 wasn’t actually a failure in life. It was the system’s first pop-up reminding you: maybe the way you’re playing isn’t right.

The biggest problem back then wasn’t poverty, but the fact that you still had an exit, so you chose to keep enduring.
What’s truly brutal is the second settlement.
After 36, a mortgage, children, parents, and your health will all weld you in place together.
The first settlement was the novice protection period,