This isn’t going to be your typical pep talk about how the universe works in mysterious ways, or how everything will fall into place if you’re patient.

Spoiler alert: it won’t.

The cold hard truth is this: the universe doesn’t care about your happiness. You do.

Maybe you’ve searched for answers in meditation retreats or self-help books (even, like, really, really good ones). Or you went balls out and booked a trip to Peru to chug ayahuasca and talk to the gods over a long weekend.

But now you’re...