New beginnings collapse not from weakness but from the beautiful lie of all-or-nothing. Wednesday skipped becomes surrender till January, exposing how culture trains us to mistake effort for purity.| prickly oxheart
True freedom isn’t about winning or achieving — it begins when you stop running the machine’s scripts. This essay exposes the invisible programs and invites you to make meaning on your own terms.| prickly oxheart
What if doing nothing was the only way to find out who you are? Not recharging to push harder — but exiting the machine and remembering what you actually want.| prickly oxheart
The space between feeling and fleeing holds everything. A meditation on how our relationship with discomfort shapes our capacity for authentic living, meaningful work, and genuine connection.| prickly oxheart
It's not productivity we're addicted to — it's the illusion of control. This piece cuts through the performance we mistake for living, and reveals unreasonable life waiting in the space between doings| prickly oxheart
