Psychology Today | 05.09.2026 04:36
Many of us spend years trying to acquire the right career, friends, hobbies, interests, romantic partner(s), and even a highly specific coffee order. Then, rather inconveniently, something within us stops wanting any of it. Suddenly, relationships sever, the job feels wrong, our interests change, and the old ambitions have become strangely outdated. Even our half sugar, no whip, pumpkin spice latte made with oat milk seems to belong to someone else we no longer recognize.
