My Purpose

You’re here, reading this, because somewhere along the way, the road to becoming your best self started to feel like a maze. The goals you set blur into the distance. The habits you swore would stick now feel like chores. What’s the point brother? Maybe you’re not cut out for this. Let me tell you something urgent, raw, and true: This isn’t a sign that you’re failing. It’s proof you’re human.

Why You’re Not Lost----You’re in Labor

It’s not a curse. It’s birth. You’re shedding skins: the personas, the habits, the relationships that once fit but now suffocate. Peer pressure isn’t about your friends—it’s about your fear of outgrowing the version of you they recognize. I've been smoking weed to quiet my mind and still is. I figured that is my soul’s way of screaming, “I need silence to hear myself think!”

Maybe you’ve been measuring your progress against someone else’s highlight reel. Social media, success stories, that friend who seems to have it all figured out. But here’s the secret no one admits: Every “overnight success” has a backstory of invisible battles. The artist you admire? They’ve crumpled a hundred drafts. The CEO? They’ve faced rejection that nearly broke them. The difference between those who thrive and those who quit isn’t talent—it’s grit. It’s showing up, even when motivation plays hide-and-seek.

A Love Letter to Your Limbo

Dear Wanderer,

This season isn’t your failure—it’s your cocoon. You’re allowed to grieve the person you thought you’d be. You’re allowed to miss the comfort of numbness. But you’re also allowed to want more and to disappoint others by choosing yourself. You are not late. You are not lost. You are a question mark learning to trust its curves. Every relapse, every detour, every “I’ll try again tomorrow” is part of the dance.

You are not behind. You are beneath—digging through layers of “should” and “not yet” to reclaim the buried yes within. Your timeline is not a straight line but a spiral, returning to old lessons with softer eyes. Even your scars are constellations, maps of survival etched into skin.

The First Step (It’s Smaller Than You Think)

Remember: You are not alone. Every person you’ve ever admired has stood where you are now—lost, uncertain, questioning their path. But they kept going. Not because they had superhuman willpower, but because they chose to believe in their own capacity to rise, even weakly, even slowly. So today, do one small thing. Not for the future you, but for the present you. Drink water. Walk around the block. Delete an app that drains you. Text a friend. Forgive yourself for a mistake. Tiny acts of courage rebuild momentum.

This journey isn’t about fixing yourself. You’re not broken. You’re a work of art in progress—messy, evolving, breathtakingly human. The road will wind. Storms will come. But with every step, you’re proving to yourself that you are stronger than your doubts. When you feel lost, come back to this truth: You are already enough. Not because you’ve reached some finish line, but because you’re here, fighting to grow. That courage? That’s the heart of greatness.

Keep going. The world needs the story only you can live. You don’t have to see the whole staircase. Just take the next step. You don’t need to quit cold turkey or have a five-year plan. You just need to trust the hum in your bones—the one that says, “I am meant for more than survival.”

So let today be the day you stop apologizing for taking up space. Let your “enough” be the breath in your lungs, not the checkmarks on a list. Let your next step be clumsy, small, or scared—but let it be yours.

The world doesn’t need another perfect hero.

It needs you—flawed, fierce, and finally free.

Burn slow, but burn bright.

Written by: Joseph Malate

Reflection Questions for When You Feel Stuck ( You should ask)

1. What is your self-doubt trying to keep you safe from?

(Example: Fear of failing? Fear of people judging you?)

2. When you smoke to quiet your mind, what are you really needing deep down?

(Example: Peace? A break? Space to think?)

3. What old version of yourself are you ready to let go of?

(Example: The people-pleaser? The one who acts “cool” but feels empty?)

4. What do you think this time of feeling stuck is teaching you?

5. What tough thing have you been through that people don’t see but makes you stronger?

6. What pain from your past actually made you stronger?

7. What part of your story do others need to hear, even if it’s hard to share?

8. What pain from your past actually made you stronger?

9. Who in your life truly roots for you, even when you don’t root for yourself?

10. What does a “better” version of you look like—even if it’s just a fuzzy feeling?