If you’ve been overlooked, underestimated, chosen last, and doubted often; you may just be in your Group 7 redemption arc.
I’m assuming you’ve seen the trend on TikTok? If you haven’t, tldr: it’s a meme turned movement where people jokingly categorize themselves into Group 7 of a Tiktok series posted by some indie artist Sophia James.
What started out as a series of random promo videos escalated into something more: an algorithmic horoscope.
It’s totally stupid, but also genius. Here’s how I’m unpacking it:
The trend harps on this idea that every year there’s a cohort of people who get their “big break”.
Now, how you get to this moment determines your “group” in the algorithm, or place in the cosmic wheel of fate if you want to go that far.
The original groups were arbitrary, but this phenomenon actually speaks to something real.
Because how is it that for some it only takes a few months of concerted effort to go viral like Sophia James, or land a high paying job, or achieve the many other hyphens of success accessible today?
And how is it that for others it takes years of work to see even a lick of success?
You may have witnessed this in your personal life, where the people you saw grinding for a summer got their big break by fall.
How is it that they got there so quickly while you’re still… well, reading shit like this?
Hoping for some sign that the glow up will come, that you’re destined for more?
Well, the answer is quite complex and seems much easier to break it down into… yes, groups.
So, let’s lean into this group thing. Because we love a good category and, well, it’s fun.
So if you’re reading this: let's see about this redemption arc thing.
Pick your group (multiple is fine, if more than one hits).
Each one mirrors a unique arc we see again and again throughout the proverbial hero’s journey, outlining the roads that lead to success and the pitfalls we face along the way.
Group 1: The Lucky Ones
Some people are just born with a silver spoon in their mouths. The ones who “just happen” to have a trust fund, who fall upward, or who just manifest like breathing.
If this speaks to you, almost everything you touch turns gold.
You are envied, adored, and (quietly) resented by those who mistake luck for a golden ticket.
Because you know that life has a funny way of balancing the scales.
That every win comes with a cost: wealth isolates, fame erodes peace, and influence blinds us from who really loves us and who’s just playing the game.
Your lesson? To stay grounded while things comes easy. Because as the saying goes: easy come, easy go.
Luck alone is never enough to sustain what wasn’t built with intention.
So move with empathy and invest in systems that give back equitably. Because when the wheel turns, you’ll find comfort in having contributed to a world that actually supports those in need.
Group 2: The Diplomats
The Diplomat is the glue that holds worlds together. You make people feel seen. Your words are disarming. You read a room faster than people can even get in. And you still find a way to make everyone comfortable once they’re there.
You’re the type who gives without wanting anything in return, who notices when someone’s off, who wants peace more than you want to be right.
But in that same grace is your downfall, as you often show up for others far better than you do for yourself.
You’re a people person until that person is you.
So your success won’t come from being agreeable. It will come from being authentic. Choose a cause that lights you up, not to be liked but because it feels right.
Then and only then will your influence will multiply. You’ll stop playing peacemaker and start being the reason others find peace.
The Diplomat rises when they stop fearing conflict and start fighting for something that actually matters to them.
Group 3: The Genius Creatives
Your ideas come like lightning — fast, bright, unpredictable. You see beauty where others see boundary, and doors where others only see a wall.
You create worlds, stories, aesthetics, systems that feel ahead of their time because they are.
But genius is lonely work. Your downfall is the friction between your vision and the world’s readiness to see it. You need structure but rebel against it. You want your art to be seen but fear being misunderstood.
The Genius’s breakthrough comes after the misunderstanding. You are confusing. That’s the tax on brilliance.
But don’t worry: the world is catching up.
Your success will arrive the moment you stop diluting who you are to fit what’s trending. Because when the world finally meets you where you already are, everyone will flock and call you revolutionary.
Group 4: The Worker Bees
You are discipline personified. You show up when you’re uninspired. You get things done, no matter how long it takes. You’re the 10,000-hour disciple, all quiet grinder, reliability, and the backbone of every success story.
Your structure is your strength, but it can quickly become a cage when you mistake routine for meaning and progress for purpose. When you equate exhaustion with achievement and work one day after another until you realize you’ve built something vast, but forgot why you started it in the first place.
Here’s your reminder: work requires rest and reflection.
Your breakthrough comes not when you’ve hit 10,000th hour, but when you find work that helps build, not deplete, you.
The 10,000th hour isn’t a finish line. It’s the moment you realize you’re falling in love with the person you’re becoming in the process.
Group 5: The Eternal Students
You collect knowledge like most people collect vintage. There’s a new subject for every season and a new piece of information that is quietly blowing your mind.
You love to learn, to question, to decode the logic of things and people.
Your curiosity is your compass. But too often, you forget to look up from the map. You analyze more than you act. You wait until you’ve read that “one more thing” before actually doing the thing. And you confuse consumption with progress.
Your true graduation happens when you teach.
Because information is meant to be shared, imperfectly and in real time. The world doesn’t need another expert. It needs someone who is actually brave enough to speak up right now.
Your success comes the moment you stop hoarding your insight and start letting others learn through and from you.
Group 6: The Lovers
You love like it’s your superpower and it is. You see beauty everywhere and in everyone. You’re empathetic, intuitive, endlessly creative, and always searching for connection that feels like home.
But the world doesn’t deserve your softness and love can make you forget yourself. You give it away too freely, hoping someone will hand it back whole. You dim your own brilliance to make others comfortable in their shadows.
Your redemption comes when you reclaim your love as power not payment.
You don’t need to earn love by shrinking to fit their capacity to give. Keep looking. Have boundaries. When you find a partnership (romantic or platonic) that mirrors your energy instead of drains it, your creativity will outpour. You’re unstoppable when loved right. Especially when the person loving you first is you.
Group 7: The Connectors
You are the synapse between worlds — the friend who knows everyone, the collaborator, the bridge. You spot potential others miss and pull people together in ways that spark movements.
Your charisma is magnetic. You make others feel capable just by standing near you. But sometimes, you run on collective energy so much that you forget to generate your own. You act before you think, follow trends before instincts, and lose your edge to groupthink.
The Connector’s glow up comes when they slow down and settle down.
You don’t need to be everywhere, you just need a few places where you belong deeply. The moment you find your soul tribe, everything aligns. The right people, the right time, the right opportunities.
Because while Group 7 is about community, your evolution is about discernment. Not just anyone can have access.
Success Is A Sword
It’s easy to look at someone else’s journey and think they’ve arrived. They haven’t.
Success is many things, and it's never absolute.
It is a double-edged sword, bright and blinding, equal parts freedom and weight. Everyone is winning in one area and losing in another.
Maybe your “breakthrough” hasn’t come yet because you’re still building the character to handle it.
Maybe your “delay” is just good pacing.
Maybe the tension, the trying, the failing is your redemption arc.
Or maybe, you’ve already arrived and struggle with giving yourself a pat on the back.
Whatever the case, you are welcome here :)
I want to know - what group are you in?
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