Mad Beautiful Things

So many of us in the rat race; we misdirect our energies into things we aren't capable of handling.  Unless you're an engineer who gets a boner every time you solve a new physics problem, you're not living the life.  Check out me the past few years.  Pleasing every Tom, Dick, Harry and their great aunt Maggy.  People-pleasing is the killer of our times. I swear it's up there with heart disease and melanomas.  Hold up though because I want to tell you a secret: This is where dreams go to die: The office. The office is a church for the religion of people-pleasing. But ultimately, environment is everything.  So how do we square the main mode of existence: "Just get an office job with"  with being a free spirit? If you are in this torn-ass environment day in and day out, how do we re-begin our soul voyage?  Working in your own capacity might be one way. Side hustles or side gigs are great, but not everyone can make the leap. In my work - education - I...