The Next Room is a narrative nonfiction about ambition, burnout, and what you find when you finally stop.
“I’d been in love with an idea of my life, not the actual one.”
A founder chases every version of success he was told would fix him: a Hollywood deal, a tech company, a sense of purpose. He gets close enough to touch all of them, and finds the noise follows him everywhere. From the red carpets to the monastery — and what he found on the other side.