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Give yourself a Break
This is your journey, no one else’s
Is anyone else really hard on themselves? I’ve been fighting this battle for a long time. It’s like getting one step ahead but then two steps back. Is social media to blame? Or is it from someone constantly telling you, “You're not doing good enough?”
Self-critical thinking is hard to break.
- Is it just me being hard on myself, or am I really not doing good enough?
- Should I be farther along in life?
- Maybe I should have done something different.
These are questions that cross my mind quite often. But then I think to myself, what is considered successful? or what is considered “Doing Enough”?
Our society has developed different milestones that we should be hitting at a certain age. Graduate college in your twenties, enjoy your twenties, get married have kids, and buy a house by thirty, along with a solid career.
Well, I am thirty-one years old. I do have a child, but I don’t own a home and still don’t know what I want to do with my life. I’ve had many set backs in my twenties so I’m basically starting over now. I wish it wasn’t this way, but it is. I can’t go back. I have to keep reminding myself that not everyone walks the same path at the same time.
Some people might consider marrying their job to keep them fulfilled, others might never get married to anyone or anything and stay content by themselves, or some may never be fulfilled, always searching for more, or trying to do better.
If your heart is telling you to search, do it, it’s never too late.
