The Courage of Starting Over

At fifty-two, you wake up and realise you've been living an incomplete life. The career you fell into by accident has become a prison. The city you moved to for a job twenty years ago no longer fits. The person you were at twenty-five made decisions that the person you are today wouldn't recognise. And yet here you are, locked into mortgages, obligations, identities that feel increasingly foreign.

This is the moment when most people surrender. They tell themselves it's too late, that change is for the young, that stability is more important than authenticity. But this moment, uncomfortable as it is, might be the most important one you'll ever face. The real courage lies in refusing to accept that who you've been is who you have to remain.