You are still performing.You just feel less present every year.Quiet Cracking describes a hidden pattern affecting high functioning professionals who have not quit and are not burned out, but are quietly coming apart under sustained pressure.This book explains why competence, responsibility, and ambition can slowly turn into a structural liability. It shows how emotional load accumulates invisibly, why rest alone does not fix the problem, and why so many capable people feel trapped between staying and leaving.Evan Lockridge offers a clear, grounded path forward.You will learn how toidentify where your career and identity are actually crackingstabilize your work life without dramatic decisionsrenegotiate expectations without oversharingrun low risk experiments that create real optionsdecide whether to recommit, redesign, or exit with confidenceThis is not motivational advice.It is not a call to quit.It is a practical guide for rebuilding a career that can still carry weight.