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Margaret “Marge” Calloway spent 34 years building an impeccable career as a corporate attorney in Chicago. She made partner, earned status, money, and recognition — everything she promised herself at seventeen. And yet, something still felt empty.

In this honest and deeply human reflection, she shares how she spent decades driven by goals that never stopped moving, confusing ambition with fear, success with validation, productivity with purpose. No scandals. No dramatic breakdowns. Just the quiet realization that she had built an impressive life… without ever asking whether she truly wanted to live in it.

As she reflects on hedonic adaptation, professional identity, unresolved grief, and the difference between running toward something and running away from something, Marge invites us to sit with an uncomfortable — but necessary — question:

Are you building a life you genuinely want… or are you still trying to prove something that no longer needs proving?

This video is not about quitting your job or abandoning ambition. It’s about awareness. About pausing long enough to check whether the path you’re on still aligns with who you’ve become.

If you’ve ever achieved what you once dreamed of — and still found yourself quietly asking, “Is this it?” — this conversation is for you.

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