🤳 THE YEAR YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BECOME SOMEONE ELSE: Grief For The Lives We Almost Lived

The Year You Were Supposed to Become Someone Else is a quiet, emotionally honest exploration of the grief we carry for the lives that almost happened. It’s about the year you placed all your hope on—the year you believed would change everything, only to watch it pass without the transformation you expected.

This ebook gives voice to a rarely acknowledged kind of loss: not the loss of a person or place, but the loss of an imagined future and the version of yourself you thought you were becoming. It examines the weight of unmet expectations, the nostalgia for a future that never arrived, and the subtle shame that can come with feeling “off schedule” in life.

Rather than offering solutions or advice, this book sits with the feeling itself. It reflects on identity, time, comparison, and acceptance, allowing readers to recognize that this grief is real, shared, and valid—even when it has no obvious name.

If you’ve ever looked back on a year and felt a quiet sadness for who you thought you’d be by now, this book will resonate deeply.

By Christopher J. Standish Jr.