Millennial Life Crisis

I am just a twenty something year old girl trying to navigate this world. Some may think I have it all put together, but really, I am stuck in a place of unfulfillment and confusion. Halfway through college I decided to take a semester off, because in all honesty my mind wasn’t there. I was just going through the motions – show up for class, turn my assignments in on time and study, study, study. Like most people my age, I’m not sure what I want to do with my life. Here I was going to class and putting the work in, but what for? I wasn’t completely sure on what it was I wanted to do after college and I was constantly changing my mind. Leading to my ultimate decision of taking a semester off to take a break from school and take time to focus on work, family and myself.

Life can get tough and may seem like it’s too much to handle sometimes. It’s moments like these that make us stronger and by getting through those difficult times, anything you face in life doesn’t seem so bad. However, it’s these moments where you feel as though you have lost yourself.

When you do something or act a certain way and just wonder, “what did I do to deserve this? Why is this happening? When will it get better?” That feeling is not so much of being unhappy, you just feel weird. “It’ll get better and this is just a phase” is something I am constantly reminding myself. It's moments like these and overcoming them when you realize how much you’ve grown. When you reach the point in time when you can finally come to this realization, that’s your reward.

For those who are also struggling in life and having uncertainty, just know I feel your pain. It may be hard to see now, but what you are enduring now is what will strengthen you as a person. Your light will return to you and your happiest of moments are awaiting you. Your laughter where your tummy aches is in your reach. Always remind yourself the purest moments you experienced before your first heartbreak, before the passing of a loved one, before you lost yourself. Lets go back to when we were children, a time of joy as you have not one care in the world for the things that would harm you. The world can be an ugly place and sometimes we have to put on a face for it. For those we try to impress, the things we want to achieve or the life we want to live. One thing is important when doing this and that’s to not lose who you are internally. Your ultimate personality is still in the works and it always will be.

Even though we can’t see it now, times like these change us for the better. I want to assure you that once this phase is over, it’ll be okay.

- B

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