You know the feeling. You set a goal. You are genuinely motivated. This time, you tell yourself, it will be different. Then, you find yourself scrolling on your phone for an hour instead of working on that project. You agree to too many social events when you need to focus. You make a simple mistake that derails everything. It is as if you have an internal saboteur, and you cannot seem to fire them. What if I told you that self-sabotage is not a moral failing? It is not a sig

You are scrolling. Again. Another holiday picture. Another career announcement. Another person your age who seems to have it all figured out. A heavy feeling settles in your chest. Their success looks so effortless, so linear. Meanwhile, your own path feels like a constant, messy struggle full of wrong turns and dead ends. It is a feeling I know well. I was stuck in this loop for a long time. It took me a while to realise that this feeling is not a true measure of my progress