Here is an excerpt from my upcoming book (title TBD):
The Crumble
The world didn’t end all at once.
It ended in soft, sneaky ways. Like forgetting what joy felt like, or realizing the sound of notifications makes your chest hurt. It ended in late-night doomscrolls, in “I’m fine” texts sent with shaking thumbs, in the hollow calm of people pretending they’re not falling apart.
The apocalypse wasn’t fire and brimstone. It was burnout, wearing leggings and holding a coffee it didn’t even want anymore.
Somewhere between climate anxiety, capitalism, and “you just need to manifest harder,” we collectively short-circuited. And then we smiled for selfies. Because that’s what you do when the world feels like it’s collapsing … you pick a filter and pretend the lighting is just bad.
But under all the noise, something started to crack.
Not in a tragic way, more like an overdue shedding. Like a snake realizing its skin is too small, or a soul realizing it has outgrown its own performance.
The crumble isn’t destruction.
It’s awareness.
It’s the sacred, messy middle ground where everything fake stops fitting. Where you wake up one day and realize you can’t keep performing “fine” when you’re chronically exhausted from pretending you’re okay.
I used to think healing would look like glowing skin, tidy to-do lists, and morning meditations with lemon water. Turns out, it looks more like ugly crying in your car, canceling plans, deleting three-day-old texts you never sent, and relearning how to breathe without guilt.
The truth is, we were never built to live in permanent survival mode.
We were built to connect. To feel. To create beauty even when everything’s broken. So, when it all starts to crumble, let it.
Maybe that’s not the ending you feared. Perhaps it’s the beginning you needed.
You’re not falling apart. You’re composting.
And from that softness … new worlds grow.
Each short section with have workbook style questions with related quotes. Below is a sample:
The “Fine” Translator
Finish these like you’re texting your best friend:
When I say “I’m fine,” I usually mean: __________________________
The thing I’m pretending doesn’t bother me is: ______________________
If my body could text for me right now, it would say: _______________
Tiny rebellion (pick ONE)
Today I rebel by:
☐ turning off one notification
☐ drinking water like it’s a personality trait
☐ saying “no” without writing a novel as explanation
☐ doing the bare minimum… on purpose
☐ unfollowing one account that makes my brain feel like a broken dryer
☐ going outside for 3 minutes like a confused house cat
One sentence truth
The honest version of today is: ______________________________________
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