What is “Ambition” ?

You can cry all you want. Beg for someone to care, to understand, to throw you a lifeline. You can wear yourself out trying to make them happy, break yourself in half just to prove you’d do anything for them, hoping they feel even a fraction of the pain you’re carrying. Scream until the walls shake, fill the room with your voice, shout “I’m hurt” until there’s nothing left to say. Spend hours in therapy, week after week, thinking that maybe this time you’ll finally crack the code. But here’s the truth, and it’s not easy to swallow: nothing changes until you take things into your own hands.

No one’s going to give you a standing ovation just because you stopped crying, or because you dragged yourself out of bed early and started hitting the gym. Even if, after years of relentless effort, you reach that peak where you’re exactly who you thought you should be — six-pack abs, a perfect job, Ferrari parked in the garage — people will say, “Oh, nice,” maybe give you a nod, and that’s the end of it. They move on. No confetti. No fireworks. So this carefully orchestrated dance that you do everyday, is this really your ambition?

The truth is, whether you suffer in silence or go out and grab every bit of success you can, it doesn’t change the fact that none of it really matters to anyone else. There’s nobody you need to prove yourself to. Nobody’s out there keeping track of your wins or losses, whether you’re broke or rich, struggling or thriving. The only person you need to answer to is yourself. The only question that counts is whether you can look in the mirror and be okay with the person staring back at you. Are you satisfied with who you are right now? Because if you’re not, that’s your answer. You’ve got to start walking alone! Walk without expecting applause, without waiting for support, without some fantasy of people lining up to say “You did it.”

Because that’s what ambition is: it’s raw, it’s isolated, it’s not about anyone else. It’s about you, pushing yourself forward, wanting to move away from who you are now, to step out of this version of yourself. That’s all!

Thanks for reading!