Open the internet and a wave hits you: minimalism, slow living, soft minimalism, sauna life, fan life, all-in subscriptions, back-to-home-cooking, zero-purchase manifestos. One after another, somebody is telling you, "this is how to live."
Each one is well crafted. The photos are clean, the tone is pleasant. So you try it. The first week is fun, but somewhere in the second week things start to feel off, and by the third week you've quietly stopped. Sound familiar?