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Onism

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🖋 Pronunciation: /OH-niz-um/

🌱 Origin: Invented word reflecting existential regret.

💡 Meaning: The awareness of how little of the world one will experience in a lifetime.
For those who ache for paths not taken
📖 A Moment Within: He opened window to city skyline. Nights of neon and unknown rooftops beckoned. He clutched suitcase as childhood vanished behind him. He paused. Then locked door. He stayed safe. He wrote travel journals he’d never send. He whispered: “Maybe someday.” Years passed. He closed journals. That vanished longing, dreams unsent is onism: regret for roads not walked.

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Onism

  • 🌿 Founders Pricing Active — Only for the First 1000

🌱 Origin: Invented word reflecting existential regret.

💡 Meaning: The awareness of how little of the world one will experience in a lifetime.
For those who ache for paths not taken
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