you're running out of time or at least that's what the world wants you to believe Tik tok's telling you to grind harder Instagram's flooding you with people who have it all figured out and here I am on YouTube telling you to calm the down because let me tell you something this whole idea that you're supposed to have your life together by a certain age it's I've been there feeling like I'm stuck in quicksand while the rest of the world's sprinting ahead there was a point in my life where my mental health was a complete mess
honestly sometimes it still is I'd lie awake at night spiraling about whether I'd ever amount to anything I thought if I wasn't constantly moving forward I was falling behind but life isn't a race and even if it was no one's running on the same track you're not failing because you don't have some 5-year plan or because you're still figuring out what the hell you want to do with your life you're human we all are there's no rush to figure it all out seriously stop letting everyone else's timeline mess with your head what actually matters is
this are you putting your energy into things that serve your purpose not your parents' expectations not what some influencers flexing online your purpose and if you don't know what that is yet that's fine too start with what feels right explore screw up learn every time you invest in something meaningful even if it doesn't work out you're getting closer to where you're supposed to be when I started focusing on what actually mattered to me everything shifted and I'm not saying life magically got easier I still struggle I still overthink but I've stopped wasting energy on things
that don't serve me and you know what the more I've put myself into things I care about the more I've seen it pay off energy attracts energy it's not some spiritual wo W woo nonsense it's just the way life works the problem is most people are terrified of slowing down it's like they think if they stop everything will crumble so they push harder chasing things they don't even care about just to feel like they're making progress they bury themselves in distractions work social media whatever keeps them from having to sit with their own thoughts life's
not some race where you win by being the busiest running yourself into the ground isn't Noble and it's not going to get you where you want to go it just leaves you burnt out and wondering why you still feel empty the problem isn't that you're slowing down it's that you're running in the wrong direction and the only way to fix that is to stop and take a hard look at where you're going so here's my advice take a deep breath seriously right now just stop breathe and remind yourself that it's okay to not have it
all figured out then instead of trying to do everything focus on what actually feels feels right for you what lights you up what makes you want to keep going even when it's hard that's where your energy should go and be patient with yourself you're not behind you're not failing you're just on your own path moving at your own pace don't let anyone or anything rush you what you put your energy into will always find a way to come back to you if you're putting your energy into things that drain you that's what you'll get more
of emptiness but if you put it into what truly matters to you into what feeds your purpose that's when things start to shift that's when you start to attract the life you want because at the end of the day life's not about getting everything perfect it's not about ticking boxes or meeting some imaginary deadline it's about showing up doing your best and figuring it out as you go some days that means crushing it other days it means just getting out of bed both are winds both are enough so stop beating yourself up for not having
all the answers nobody does
