31/12/2025
I didn’t lose a dream.
I lost a version of myself I thought was mandatory.
Failing that test felt final.
One point. One door. Closed.
What followed wasn’t a new plan.
It was an uncomfortable pause.
And a quieter truth I had ignored for years.
Sometimes the thing that feels like rejection
is just life refusing to let you become
someone you were never meant to be.
I’m grateful now.
Not because it was easy.
But because it was honest.
Curious what yours was.