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Feeling stuck in life

Feeling Stuck In Life? One Question That Makes You Feel Better

2025-10-12
By: Colleen
On: October 12, 2025
In: Finding Clarity

Feeling stuck in life is one of the most frustrating experiences you can go through. No matter how much you think about it, you just can’t figure out what to do next. But this doesn’t have to be as hard as it seems. Sometimes all it takes to break throughContinue Reading

Why Recurring Life Questions Won’t Leave You Alone

2025-10-09
By: Colleen
On: October 9, 2025
In: Finding Clarity

Recurring life questions have a way of showing up at the worst possible times. You’re trying to fall asleep, and suddenly you’re wondering if this is really the life you want. Or you’re driving to work, and the same nagging doubt about your relationship surfaces again. Maybe you’re scrolling throughContinue Reading

What to Do Next in Life

What to Do Next in Life: A System for Finding Clarity

2025-10-05
By: Colleen
On: October 5, 2025
In: Life Change & Transitions

If you’re wondering what to do next in life, I get that, as I’ve been there before, several times. This is one of the hardest questions to answer, especially when you know something needs to change but you’re not sure what that something is or where to begin. In thisContinue Reading

Feeling Restless? You Might Be in a Life Transition

2025-10-02
By: Colleen
On: October 2, 2025
In: Life Change & Transitions

That unsettled feeling could be a sign you’re ready for a life transition. You know that unsettled feeling you can’t quite shake—the sense that what used to fit now feels a little off? Most of us try to brush it away. We push harder in the same direction and tellContinue Reading

how to listen to your inner voice

How to Listen to Your Inner Voice (When You’ve Been Ignoring It)

2025-09-26
By: Colleen
On: September 26, 2025
In: Finding Clarity

How to listen to your inner voice? I once opened an old journal and found something that stopped me cold. Years earlier, I had written down a few quiet impressions after a first date. Nothing dramatic—just how I didn’t like how the person treated the waiter at dinner, and howContinue Reading

Fine is the New Stuck

Fine Is the New Stuck: How to Tell If It’s Time for a Life Shift

2025-09-24
By: Colleen
On: September 24, 2025
In: Finding Clarity

Fine is the new stuck. You might be functioning, checking the boxes, doing everything you’re supposed to do, but something still feels off. And you can’t quite name it. This post is for the quiet moments when you think: I should be happy, but you just don’t feel happy inside.Continue Reading

3 Subtle Signs You Need a Life Change

2025-09-23
By: Colleen
On: September 23, 2025
In: Life Change & Transitions

There’s this moment no one talks about when you’ve built the life you were supposed to build, the one that was supposed to make you happy. And everything’s going along okay, but there’s this little voice whispering in your head: This isn’t it. That whisper can be easy to ignore.Continue Reading

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Hi, I’m Colleen—welcome to The Next Story Project.
If life’s been feeling a little off lately, you’re in the right place. I create tools, stories, and reflections to help you tune into what’s shifting… and start moving toward what’s next.
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