Senior year, I had two amazing internship offers. Everyone said I was lucky. I wasn't lucky—I was paralyzed. I meditated. Made spreadsheets. Weighted every pro and con like my life depended on it. Asked professors, friends, even my therapist which choice would make me happy. The thing is, I'd been optimizing my decisions for so long that I'd forgotten what wanting something actually felt like. I could tell you the salary difference, the career trajectory, the networking opportunities. But when people asked which one excited me more, I just stared. I picked the one that looked better on paper. Got the congratulations, the LinkedIn likes, the validation. But walking into that office on day one, I realized I'd spent four years becoming really good at making choices that made everyone else proud. I just had no idea who I was underneath all those perfect decisions. I'm still figuring that out. #Education #AcademicBurnout #DecisionFatigue