I went to India hoping it would change me — not into someone different, but into someone a little more solid, a little more true. Now I’m home, back in my usual routine, and I can’t quite point to what’s different. And yet something is. Fear is still there, but it no longer feels like a full stop. So I find myself asking: have I changed?

We tell ourselves we need more — more savings, more security, more for the future. But what if the real question isn’t how much we have, but why we feel it’s not enough?