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Reset & Reignite

Reset & Reignite

A story about finding purpose, transforming body and mind, and why sometimes you need to stop to start living.

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Alejandro Betancourt
Dec 30, 2024
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Eight weeks. That's how long I've been quiet in my digital corner, where I've been writing for three years.

The irony isn't lost on me—after 150 consecutive weeks of showing up and never missing more than two publishing dates, I simply... stopped, not with a grand announcement or a carefully crafted farewell, but with a silence that spoke volumes.

My unintentional week of silence turned into a deliberate exploration of purpose, and I found myself facing a question that had been lurking beneath the surface of every article I'd written: Why am I doing this?

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It's funny how we can spend years building something, nurturing it week after week while slowly drifting away from its purpose.

Like a relationship that's lost its spark but maintains its routine, my writing had become more about meeting a schedule than meeting myself—or you—on these pages.

And it happened; I stopped long enough to hear my t…

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