When you feel lost (and Google Maps can’t help you)

There are days when you wake up and everything seems clear: goals in focus, energy through the roof, motivational playlist playing in the background.

Then there are the other days.

The ones when you look at your to-do list and wonder if it’s written in an ancient language.

In those moments, you feel lost.

Work? Private life? Balance? What is it, an existential quiz?

You know that feeling when someone asks you, “Where do you see yourself in five years?” and the only honest answer is, “In bed”? There you go. Sometimes work seems like an endless series of goals that change more often than the weather in London. You don’t feel motivated, your priorities are an unstable Jenga, and coffee is no longer enough.

But your private life has its unknowns, too. You want to fulfill yourself, but also rest. You want to follow your passions, but also pay the rent. You want to go out with friends, but also stay under the blanket watching series that you don't really like. It's like a puzzle, but with pieces from different boxes.

Let's call it the "lost mind map" moment, that moment when we open the laptop, close it, open it again, check the horoscope, ask ChatGPT for advice, then end up cleaning the kitchen to "clear our heads".

Yes, we've all been there.

It's the modern version of "I'm going to live in a lighthouse and drop everything".

The truth is that feeling lost is part of the journey.

No one has the complete map.

Sometimes you need to get lost to understand what we really want (or at least to exclude what we no longer want).

And when in doubt: let's breathe, laugh about it, and remember that even GPSs make mistakes.

In conclusion, if we feel lost, we know that it's a great sign: it means we're asking ourselves questions. The trick is not to look for all the answers right away. Maybe let's start with something simple: turn off notifications, take one step at a time, and remember that even the best stories begin with a character... who doesn't know where he's going.

Do you want to get lost together, every now and then?