Meeting Life Expectations

More and more recently I’ve been putting pressure on myself because I felt like I wasn’t meeting the requirements society has placed on my age. I just turned 24, I should be getting an amazing apartment, having a great job and trying to start a side hustle. Right? Throughout our lives I feel like there are pressures we feel to do certain things by certain ages. Get into a good university and go to college, then grad school or work, get married and then have kids by a certain age.

I’ve been saying to myself recently and hearing from others online a lot of you don’t need to be doing anything you’re not ready for. Everyone does things at their own pace. But also people grow and change at different times and paces. It’s ok to not be who you were a week, a month, a year or even five minutes ago because we are all changing. Looking back like that why can’t we do that looking forward. Looking forward my life could change in 5 minutes or 5 months, who knows? I just need to learn to be patient with myself and what life has in store for me.