Why don't I know what I want in life?
Not knowing what you want is surprisingly common — and it's not a character flaw. It often means you've been living according to other people's expectations for so long that you've lost touch with your own desires.
Stories for this feeling
If this sounds like you, here are three stories.
The Map in the Drawer
She found the map on a Tuesday, folded into quarters small enough to hide under a stack of receipts no one had sorted in months. The lines were famil
The Crosswalk at Dusk
He stood at the crosswalk watching the light change three times. Each cycle, pedestrians passed him in clusters — brief warmth, then gone. He wasn't
The Hallway She Didn't Recogni
She had walked this hallway a hundred times, but tonight it felt like someone else's memory projected onto hers. The walls were the same color, the sa