Most people wake up, go to work, and forget the question that used to make them human. They trade it for alarms, deadlines, and the same old routine. Life moves, but nobody’s really living.
We weren’t born to be cogs in a machine. But look around. Everybody’s just following the schedule, doing what’s expected, what’s safe. The world gives them comfort, not joy. Comfort is a prison you don’t even notice. It keeps you warm, but you forget you could ever leave.
But some of us still feel it. That itch under the skin, that voice that says you’re meant for more than just keeping things running. You ever sit in a meeting, nodding at bullshit, while your mind is somewhere else? You ever wake up and feel like you’re supposed to be doing something real, but you can’t even name it?
That feeling? That’s proof you’re still alive. The world calls it being dissatisfied. I call it knowing you’re meant for more. It’s your own potential fighting against the weight of everything trying to keep you in place.
The system isn’t scared of rebels. It’s scared of people who can imagine something different. That’s how you break out. The second you remember you can make your own rules, live by your own standards, the whole machine starts to fall apart.
This journal is for the people who hear that voice and don’t shut it up. For the ones who know stability isn’t the end, it’s just the place you start from. For the ones who still ask, what if I could live by my own rules? What if just believing was enough to start?
You don’t need a map. You just have to admit there’s more out there. That’s how the machinery begins to lose its power.
That’s where this journal starts. Right in the gap between what is and what could be.
If you’re comfortable with the way things are, these pages will probably piss you off.
If you’re not, maybe they’ll feel like a breath of fresh air. So take a breath. Step out of the pattern. Step out of the bullshit.
Maybe the sky is falling. Or maybe it’s finally opening up. You decide.
Frank J Kelly
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