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When following your authentic path leads to suffering

I quit my corporate job to follow my passion six months ago and now I am broke and miserable and wondering if authentic living is just a privileged delusion.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The gap between existential ideals and practical reality can create disillusionment with the authenticity project itself.

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