What Your Twenties Are Really About
*Gulp*
One of the most powerful yet utterly terrifying things that have ever happened in my life is the moment I realized that actually, maybe, I had no clue who I was and what I was doing with my life.
My twenties hit me like a pan to the head.
I thought I knew. Of course, I swanned into my first job with all the confidence of a 22-year-old. I’d convinced myself somehow to not even think about it.
I waltzed in. Spoke to a few folks. Didn’t think much of it.
2.5 years later, I was miserable beyond belief and I am a true believer that if I admitted to myself earlier that I had no clue who I was, I might of saved myself years of pain.
So if you’re maybe debating the fact that you’re not entirely sure who you are, here are some things I wish somebody told me.
1. In your twenties you’ll probably fail
I thought it was my moment to run.
Here I was, ready (lol). I’d spent the entirety of my life so far learning, watching, absorbing and now it was finally my turn to go out in the world and hit the ground running.
I did hit the ground. But I wasn’t running. And it wasn’t my feet that landed first.
