Home/Life Choices/Purpose searching/ThoughtYou know that feeling when you’re staring at literally five grams of dirt that’s like... five million years old?purpose searchingShare this thoughtCopy linkShare on XDownload imageDoes this resonate with you?Share Your OwnBrowse MoreOthers have felt this tooYou know that feeling when you’re holding something gold and all you can smell is the cheap, metallic rot underneath?imposter syndromeYou know sometimes you just wake up and you're staring at the ceiling and it's like two in the morning and you're thinking about trilobites, or maybe some hominid jawbone they dug up last year and… …faith doubtsi don't know if this counts but sometimes at night i look at my ancient dirt samples in the lab and wonder if anyone outside of like five other people in the world will ever care about this when i'm… …career path regretYou know that feeling when you're digging through a box of old junk in the basement and you find a version of yourself that just... …past self embarrassmentRelated ThemesAchievement emptinessChildfree guiltPath not takenRetirement Identity CrisisSettling regret