Stop Living a Life You Didn’t Choose

How to Escape the Status Trap and Build a Life That’s Yours

He looked at me and said it straight.
No hesitation. No empathy.

“I thought you figured it out by now... you were a vanity hire.”

That sentence didn’t just hurt—it hollowed me out.
Thirty-eight years old. Sitting in the job I thought was the one.
The title, the paycheck, the prestige.
I had arrived... right?

But in a single moment, it all cracked.
The mask ripp…