The In-Between: Why You’re Not Behind — You’re Becoming

“You’re not behind. You’re in the void where the universe brews and new identities rise to life.” 

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There’s a space most people don’t talk about.

It’s not the beginning, when everything is new and exciting.
It’s not the breakthrough, where everything finally clicks.

It’s the middle.
The in-between.
Where things feel… strange.

You’re not who you were.
You’re not yet who you’re becoming.

And if you’re in that space right now?
It can feel like something’s wrong.
Like you’ve stalled.
Like you’re failing or falling behind.

But what if that weird, uncomfortable stillness is the exact proof that you’re not?

What if it’s not a breakdown—but a becoming?

The Cocoon is Not a Mistake

We love the metaphors about butterflies.
But no one talks about the part where the caterpillar dissolves.

Literally.

Inside the cocoon, the caterpillar becomes a pile of goo.
Total transformation. No more structure. No old identity left to cling to.

That goo phase?
That’s where most people quit.

Because it’s disorienting to not know who you are anymore.
To not have the language for the new life you’re building.
To feel like you’re floating in limbo, without a map.

But this phase is not a mistake.
It’s a sacred pause.
A recalibration.
A dissolution of outdated code.

Don’t Rush the Becoming

It’s tempting to rush through this part.
To fill the silence with noise.
To distract yourself with something “productive.”
To default back to the version of you that was at least familiar—if not fulfilled.

But growth doesn’t happen by getting louder.
It happens in the quiet.

In the space where your nervous system exhales.
In the moment you stop trying to figure it all out—
and allow the clarity to come on its own.

Becoming isn’t a sprint.
It’s an arrival.

And sometimes, arrival looks like sitting in the mess…
without creating it to mean something bad.

What If You’re Not Lost?

Here’s the reframe most people miss:

You’re not lost.
You’re just arriving somewhere new.

And like any new place, it takes time to unpack.
To understand the landscape.
To reintroduce yourself to yourself.

So today, instead of chasing clarity—
let yourself be still.

Feel what’s shifting.
Notice what’s cracking.
Welcome what’s arriving, even if it doesn’t have a name yet.

You are not behind.

You are in the holy middle.
The sacred stretch between what was and what’s next.

And that… is where the magic begins.

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