Home/Life Choices/Achievement emptiness/ThoughtI stood in that elevator for twenty years and never once saw my own reflection in their eyes.achievement emptinessworkplace pretenseloneliness in crowdsShare this thoughtCopy linkShare on XDownload imageDoes this resonate with you?Share Your OwnBrowse MoreOthers have felt this tooI have spent seventy years looking in the mirror and seeing a complete stranger.identity confusionI was standing right in the middle of the elevator today—it was a crowded car—and I guess I was just... …loneliness in crowdsI spent twenty goddamn years climbing this ladder and all I found at the top was a fucking view of a parking lot. …career path regretI spent forty years climbing a ladder that turned out to be propped against a very boring wall, and honestly? …career path regretRelated ThemesChildfree guiltPath not takenPurpose searchingRetirement Identity CrisisSettling regret