Failing and your twenties go together like Chip and Joanna Gaines. They seem to always be together.
If your 20s haven’t exactly gone as planned, you’re not alone.
Actually, you’re more in the norm than you think.
Nobodies life is as good as it looks on Instagram. As I write about in my new book 101 Questions You Need to Ask in Your Twenties:
There’s another side to everyone’s Instagram photo that they’re not exactly taking a picture of.”
Maybe your twenties are going even better than you think. Even if you feel lost. Even if the challenges you’re facing feel overwhelming.
Check out these surprising signs your twenties are actually going better than you realize.
9 Surprising Signs Your 20s are Going Better Than You Think
1. You’re taking strategic risks
The biggest risk you can take in your twenties is not taking any risks at all!
Success in your 20s is having the courage to write a crappy first draft. In a few rewrites, you’ll figure out the story you’re supposed to tell. (click to tweet that)
Keep working on writing your story instead of envying everyone else’s.
2. Nothing feels normal
This doesn’t sound very exciting, but I promise it’s a good thing.
Feeling a little abnormal is the new normal of your twenties.
That just means you’re exploring, trying new things, and finding a new path. If everything felt normal, then you wouldn’t be changing, growing, or creating. You’d be that person still eating five bowls of cereal in your college cafeteria.
While I miss eating bowl after bowl of Berry Captain Crunch, my body is very thankful there is a new normal.
3. You’ve lost some baggage
No, I’m not talking about throwing your luggage off your next American Airlines flight. They frown on that.
I’m talking about cutting off some of the heavy stuff that has been dragging you down. Sometimes that can be a toxic relationship.
Or maybe it’s just negative thoughts you’ve believed about yourself for too long. You don’t grow up without having some negative definitions people have thrown at you stuck on your white canvas.
Whether it’s with a friend or dating relationship, sometimes breaking up is the best thing that could’ve happened. While breakups can feel uncomfortable and painful, it’s actually freeing you to run free and with more purpose.
It’s hard to run a race with a block of cement tied to your ankle.
4. There’s so much you don’t know
When you graduate college, ready to change the world, then quickly realize that you don’t know squat, it can be a sickening feeling.
Yet, the moment you realize how much you don’t know, is the moment a fire is lit to learn more. To dive deeper. To open great books and really ask people questions, not for a grade, but because your life depends on it.
A passionate learner who realizes how much they don’t know is ten times better off than a complacent person who thinks they know everything.
5. You feel challenged at your job
As I first wrote in 101 Secrets For Your Twenties,
The most dangerous job you can have in your twenties is a comfortable one.”
If you feel stretched and challenged at work, maybe that’s a really good thing. Maybe you’re learning and growing way more than if your job came easy…
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