I spent years thinking productivity meant being always-on.

Work longer hours. Push through exhaustion. Hustle harder when results don't come.

My body had other plans.

One day I developed a spontaneous knee injury that doctors couldn't explain. 
The pain appeared overnight and left them scratching their heads. 
No trauma, no clear cause, just sudden debilitating pain that made walking impossible.

Then I abandoned a business idea that I thought was good for me, but after the knee pain I realized it was a terrible business idea for ME to do.

The knee pain vanished. A week later I was jumping on trampolines.

Here's what I discovered: I'm a Projector in a Generator world.

Projectors represent 22% of humanity while Generators make up 70%. We're the minority trying to survive in a system designed for the majority.

Generators have sustainable energy. They can work 9-5 jobs, maintain consistent output, and thrive on repetitive action.

Projectors function in bursts followed by necessary recovery periods. We're energy stewards, not energy generators.

The problem? Society treats everyone like Generators.

My splenic authority tried to warn me about that business venture. One quick hit of intuition saying "no."

I ignored it. Got caught up in the excitement, the potential, the encouragement from friends.
The spleen only speaks once. Miss that whisper and your body escalates to shouting.

Pink eye when I started the wrong job. Mysterious illnesses that cleared up the moment I course-corrected.

My body doing whatever it took to get me to stop and pay attention.

This isn't just my experience. 75% of workers experience burnout, revealing the fundamental flaw in one-size-fits-all productivity models.

Ra Uru Hu said it takes seven years to fully decondition from societal programming.

Seven years to stop believing you should operate like everyone else.

Even now, years into my Human Design experiment, I catch myself slipping back into Generator patterns. The conditioning runs that deep.

The key insight? 
Figure out where you are forcing things.

Find the behaviors that aren't actually you, but your conditioning. The "should" thoughts that make you push when your energy says rest.

Here's the counterintuitive truth: when Projectors stop forcing and start following genuine interest, opportunities appear.

Not through networking or aggressive outreach. Through recognition.

An old friend calls with a business idea. 
A client reaches out unexpectedly. 
Doors open that you didn't even know existed.

But only when you're doing what you actually love, not what you think will pay the bills.

The magic happens in the space between mastery and invitation. 
You develop expertise in something that genuinely interests you, and recognition follows naturally.

I'm 37 now, in what Human Design calls the "going on the roof" phase of the 6/2 profile.

Life has gotten softer. I'm licking my wounds from years of trying to be someone I'm not.

The invitations aren't coming as frequently right now, but I'm not worried. I'm not forcing.

The more I learn about Human Design and apply it to my life, the better everything gets. Smoother. More boundaries. More self-love.

This is what alignment feels like after years of fighting your own design.

We need schools that teach to different energy types. Workforces that understand individual uniqueness rather than demanding conformity.

Projectors are the newest type, introduced to Earth in 1781. We're disrupting systems that were built before we existed.

The old model says work harder when things aren't working.

The Projector model says work differently.

Rest isn't laziness. It's energy management.

Waiting for invitation isn't passivity. It's strategic positioning.

Your body's resistance isn't weakness. It's wisdom.

Society will catch up eventually. 

Until then, we have what we need from within.