Give yourself permission to want the ordinary option without making it sound ambitious.

Modest wishes often get dressed up so they pass inspection: the quiet job explained as strategic, the small home described as a step toward something, the ordinary week justified by what it is building. That translation implies plain wants are not respectable, and it puts a layer of performance between you and a life you would actually like.

Say what you want in the plainest words available, at least to yourself. Notice where you were about to add a bigger reason, and leave it off. A life need not be impressive to be well chosen.