You ever notice how life feels like it’s moving faster than we are? Like there’s some unspoken pressure to keep up with everything—social media, news, career, relationships—but no one actually tells you why. We’re all just running, scrolling, chasing, consuming, pretending it’s normal.

Most people never stop to think about the absurdity of it. We’re born, we learn the rules of a system we didn’t create, and we spend decades trying to fit in while the world keeps spinning. Meanwhile, we barely understand ourselves. How many of us have actually paused to ask: “What do I really want?”

And here’s the kicker—nobody has the answer. Even the so-called “successful” people are just keeping the illusion alive. Happiness, freedom, meaning… it’s treated like a commodity. Like if you just acquire enough stuff, or likes, or status, you’ll finally feel it. But you won’t. The hole never fills.

I’m not saying to give up. I’m saying to see it. To notice the patterns, the illusions, the lies we tell ourselves to survive. There’s a weird clarity in acknowledging it all. The world is absurd, human existence is fragile, and yet, here we are—conscious, aware, capable of choosing something real if we dare.

So maybe that’s it. Maybe the only rebellion left is truth. Seeing the world for what it is, and deciding, consciously, how to live anyway. Not for likes, not for approval, not for anything except your own choice to matter in your own eyes.

Think about it next time you scroll. Ask yourself if you’re living—or just existing.