The Ritual Journal

Why We Try to Escape the In-Between — And How to Know When It's Time to Move
Anastasia Tsikas 6 min read
Why We Try to Escape the In-Between — And How to Know When It's Time to Move

The urge to act when things feel uncertain is deeply human. But there's a difference between moving forward and moving away. On knowing which one you're doing.

A softly lit liminal space — for an essay on identity thresholds and the season between who you were and who you're becoming.
Anastasia Tsikas 4 min read
When You’re No Longer Who You Were, But Not Yet Who You’re Becoming

Not every kind of stillness is stagnation. Some of it is formation. On what it really means to stand in the space between who you were and who you're becoming.