FIELD NOTE | PROGRESS: When Forward Doesn’t Feel Like Forward

We all want progress. We want to feel like we’re moving… like something is changing… like we’re not just stuck. But midlife has a way of complicating that. Sometimes it feels like a grind. Sometimes it feels like we’re going backward. And sometimes everything looks like it’s moving forward on the outside… while something inside is wearing down. In this Field Note, we slow down and reconsider what progress actually is—and what it isn’t. A Thought to Sit With “Progress means getting nearer to t...