The Self-Made Trap

Have you ever made a decision that felt absolutely right at the time?

The kind where you were sure—

this is it, this is good, this is right.

You thought you knew exactly how you felt.

You thought you’d considered everything that mattered.

You assumed you knew the players

and the rules of the game.

And then, slowly, time began to

show you what you didn’t fully see.

Little by little, the walls started closing in.

And before you knew it,

you were living inside the consequences

of something that once felt like freedom,

maybe even destiny.

That’s what I call a self-made trap.

If you haven’t found yourself in one yet, you will.

It’s part of being human—

learning by building the very cages

we later have to climb out of.

The difference is in how long we stay there.

Some people learn quickly—

how to see the patterns,

how to move differently next time.

Others need to walk the maze a few more times

before they realize they've been holding the key.

And some people keep building the same trap for years—

and just paint it differently.

Believing that this version will

finally set them free,

and this time,

they will be happy.