What happens when life works just well enough to keep you from leaving? In this Manaʻo Bomb, Michelle Jaime’s journey shows how “good enough” can become the most convincing reason to stay—and the biggest barrier to growth. A story for anyone who’s comfortable but restless, accomplished yet misaligned, and discovering that clarity often arrives only after we stop settling.

Growing up, design didn’t look like glossy magazines or showroom floors for Michelle Jaime. It looked like a VW van with curtains her dad sewed, drive-in movie sleepovers, and model homes in Mililani where she and her brother would daydream a life into being.