Not Living Up to Potential
Feeling like you're not living up to your potential is often less about actual failure and more about measuring yourself against a standard that was never fully yours to begin with. Unpacking whose definition of potential you're using is usually the most useful place to start. That feeling, the low-grade sense that you're falling short, that time is slipping, that others are somehow ahead, is one of the most common and least talked-about sources of private suffering. You're not alone in it, and it's not a verdict.