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Smart People Often Miss the Easiest Part of Living a Good Life
What people never tell you
I must admit, I thought at some point, things would click.
Somewhere in my mid-twenties, I thought life would just slide into place, I would find my flow, things would get easier, I would solve my problems, and life would be, well, seamless.
Lol.
The disaster that was my life came to a head when I was 24 — I hated my job, decided I was a complete mess, and I needed to restart all over again.
Of course, I didn’t need to change my entire life; on reflection, just a few things were slightly out of whack.
You couldn’t tell me that at the time, though.
At the time, I was way too busy wallowing in self-pity to look up for even a second. At the time, I thought my entire life was over because:
- I couldn’t stick to anything
- Never did the things I said I would
- Realised that corporate life was not all it was cracked up to be
What followed was months of chaos, tears, and frustration.
6 years on, all the smart people on the internet never mentioned all the things that actually made me happy.
