SOLOVANLIFE

The day my life changed started out as ordinary as any other. Just over a year ago, I went into work and made my yogurt parfait like I did every morning. I sat down at my desk, took a bite, and boom! My heart started racing, my vision went white, my palms started sweating, and all I felt was impending doom.

I was having a mild panic attack. And while today I think it’s hilarious that a yogurt parfait triggered it, I know the trigger wasn’t really the parfait — it was my hollow routine that the parfait represented.

I was over six years into a corporate marketing career and hadn’t felt excitement for it in a long time. Like many people in their late 20s, I started asking myself, “is this … it?” The