You Don’t Have to Have It All Figured Out. And Maybe You Shouldn’t
Let’s cut the shit. There’s this unspoken (and sometimes very spoken) rule that by 26 or 27, you should have your life locked in. Good job, nice place, healthy relationship, stacked savings account, maybe even a wedding on the calendar. And if you don’t have all that? Well, something must be wrong with you, right? Wrong. That’s not real life. That’s Instagram life. That’s Netflix sitcom life. But in real life, most of us are just figuring it out as we go. Even the ones who look like they’ve got it all together are usually barely holding on. The Grindset Lie You know what makes this worse? Hustle culture. This idea that if you're not tired, burned out, and juggling six side projects, you're lazy. “Hustle harder.” “Sleep when you're dead.” “Grind now, shine later.” Look, I’m all for working hard. But there’s a difference between discipline and masochism. This obsession with always doing more is wrecking people. Especially younger folks trying to prove...