To Those Who Have Lost Their Spark

I hate when someone starts to dim.

Not because they aren’t good anymore, they are. Sometimes they are sharper than ever. But something has shifted. Their sentences feel hesitant. Their rhythm is off. You can tell they are holding their breath as they are speaking. As if their life has peaked before it has truly begun.

I once wrote about becoming the wrong version of myself. Losing your spark is what happens when you live that way for too long. You go quiet inside because the version you are performing doesn’t feel like home.

This is for those who feel like they have gone quiet. Not out loud, but somewhere inside:

You still show up.

You still smile.

You still do the work. You still say the right things. You still nod at the right time.

But something is quieter now. Not on the outside, but inside where your spark used to live.

Maybe it’s burnout. Maybe you’re experiencing heartbreak. Maybe it’s the slow destruction of always trying to be everything for everyone.

Or maybe you’re just tired of explaining yourself.

I get it. It is a canon event — one of those inevitable turning points. Full of expectations and preconceived notions. The “build your brand” formula. This blueprint can crush even the strongest voices if you let it. You don’t even know what you’re doing until you reread your own work and think: Who am I? Where did I go?

Either way, your once-bold voice has started whispering. Waiting on the edge, and wondering if it is even welcome anymore.

It happens gradually, and I just need to say:

You are not broken.

You are not dramatic.

You are not fading.

You do not have nothing to say.

You are in a hazy, in-between space. An area where rest looks like withdrawal, and healing looks like a lull. That does not mean you’ve timed out. It makes you human.

So if this is you somewhere in between animated and exhausted: I hope you find your way back. Not to content. Not to “personal gain.” But to your voice. The one that hums when everyone else sings. The one that sounds like home.

So give yourself a break, not more pressure. Not deadlines. Stop adding things to your agenda because you feel like you should.

Because your sparkle isn’t gone, just buried underneath too much strategy. And when you are ready, even if your voice feels shakes, let it speak again. We still want to hear you.