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Still BecomingA Life Between Worlds
We spend years becoming useful.
Then a lifetime trying to become ourselves.
About me
I wrote this because I needed to understand
what I was becoming.
Some places remain inside us
long after we leave them.
Tunis.
Paris.
Toulouse.
California.
Miami.
Dubai.
From the pages
We spend years becoming useful. Then a lifetime trying to become ourselves. The first is rewarded by the world. The second, only by the self.
I learned early that to be from many places is to be, for a long time, from nowhere at all. Until one day you understand that the in-between was the place.
There is a particular loneliness reserved for people who have built things. It arrives quietly, the morning after the launch, when the noise stops and you are still here.
Reflections from early readers
Before the book is released, the conversation has already begun.
"That's one of the most honest things I've read in a long time."
"Trying to build, belong, and still find yourself along the way. So many people will recognise this feeling."
"Life is about becoming and rebuilding. Again and again."
A line that stayed with many readers
"You can become very visible to the world while still remaining invisible to yourself."
If any part of this feels familiar, you may already be walking the path this book explores.
If you are still searching,
I hope this book meets you
where you are.