Welcome to The DORK Side, where ambition goes to die quietly in a cubicle under fluorescent lights. Today we’re exploring settling — the slow-motion surrender that starts when your dreams meet your bills.

Why do people settle? Not just romantically, but professionally, emotionally, spiritually. Most folks don’t even realize they’ve settled until they hear someone else’s success story and get that faint pang of nausea — the “What if I’d tried harder?” feeling.

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