You're White-Knuckling Your Way Through Life for a Feeling That Doesn't Exist

The framework that ended my six-month free fall.

After losing my company, I spent 6 months chasing a feeling that cannot be caught.

Not metaphorically. Literally cannot be caught. Like trying to grab smoke.

The harder you squeeze, the less you hold.

I didn’t know it at the time. I thought the universe owed me something.

I thought if I just did enough, bought enough, distracted enough, I’d finally feel t…