I Wasn’t Made to Fit In

There’s a quiet truth I’ve come to live by:

“Happiness is the absence of desire”.

It’s not something I read in a book or heard in a podcast—it’s something that’s slowly revealed itself to me over time. We often think happiness is something we chase, a feeling we’ll finally reach when everything lines up.

But what if happiness isn’t a pursuit at all? What if it’s what remains when the noise quiets, when the wanting stops, and when we finally let ourselves just be? This isn’t about settling. It’s about shedding. Letting go of what we think we need—and finding the stillness that’s been waiting underneath.

Taking risks doesn’t always feel bold—it can feel terrifying, even invisible. But I’ve learned that true alignment doesn’t scream. It whispers. It nudges. It waits for you to listen.

Traveling changed me. But it didn’t just shift my external reality—it restructured me from the inside out. Being in places where I didn’t speak the language, where I didn’t look like anyone else, forced me to ask better questions. To unlearn. To relearn. To let go of the version of myself that was shaped only by survival, and build something closer to truth.

I started to see that most people aren’t lost—they’re buried. Under expectation. Under distraction. Under stories that were never theirs to begin with.

And the longer you stay buried, the easier it is to forget that you’re even under.

So here’s the truth I came here to say:

You don’t need more time. You don’t need more permission. You don’t need to be ready.

You just need to remember who you are when the noise is gone.

If you’ve read this far, maybe this is your mirror.

Maybe this is your sign.

Ask yourself:

Are you living, or are you existing?

When was the last time you did something for the first time?

— Keith