I Went Missing for a Month, Here’s Why
For the past month, I’ve been quiet. Not because I had nothing to say. But because I was trying to figure out what happened to me. Somewhere along the way, I slowly disappeared. The encounter with the fortune teller as mentioned in my previous post made me reflect a lot. Not physically. But mentally. Emotionally. Personally. I realized I was no longer living as me . I was functioning as a Husband. A Father. An Employee. But not as an individual. It sounds dramatic, maybe even selfish. After all, aren’t these roles what adulthood is about? Yes. But here’s the problem: when you become only your roles, you forget the person inside them. Let me show you what my life looks like. Monday to Friday 5:30am: Wake up Get myself ready Prepare the kids for childcare 6:50am: Leave the house 7:15am: Drop the kids off Before 8:30am: Reach the office From 8:30am to 5:30pm: Corporate life. Meetings. Deadlines. Targets. Repeat. 5:30pm: Rush out 6:10pm: Reach childcare before 7pm cu...