POLLS : Standby;

Everywhere you look today — campuses, offices, coffee shops — people sit with laptops open, waiting for the “right moment” to begin something meaningful. Standby is that quiet pause before a shift. It’s readiness disguised as waiting.

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9. The Pre-Decision Calm: There’s a strange calm just before you begin something meaningful — clearer than excitement, quieter than anxiety. It feels like the moment before taking a deep breath. Standby is that calming clarity: the sense that you’re on the edge of a new chapter.

Q9. Do you feel a quiet clarity inside you about making a change soon?