The shoreline is not a line. It is a zone that moves twice a day and reshapes every year, belonging fully to neither element, and it happens to be one of the richest places on earth. The refusal to settle into one category is not a defect; it is where the life is.

If you sit between categories in your work, your background, or your identity, notice what that position gives you access to. The pressure to resolve into one thing is usually about other people’s convenience rather than your advantage.