The psychological reason things not going badly enough is keeping you stuck
Before you read this
I'm not going to tell you how to live. I'm going to show you why things work the way they do, using what psychology and neuroscience actually found.
The choice stays yours.
This is for people who measure themselves against who they were yesterday rather than against everyone else. What you're actually spending here isn't money — it's time. So I only send things worth that.
Let's be honest. Your life isn't bad, is it?
The job's alright. The relationship is stable enough. Nothing's seriously wrong with your health. Money comes in, weekends exist, you have friends.
So why can't you sleep, and why is there something sitting on your chest at night? Am I actually happy?
This isn't a phase. You're in one of the most comfortable and most dangerous traps available: the 6-out-of-10 life.
Six looks like a pass. Psychologically, six is the score that destroys your chances of ever changing anything. Here's why the people who crash recover, while you stay exactly where you are.
Think about your job. Decent salary. Colleagues who are fine. Not much overtime.
And zero growth.
This is the quiet killer. If the pay were terrible, you'd have left years ago. You'd have found something else or started something. But it isn't terrible, and that's what's holding you in place.