I don’t believe it’s uncommon to grow up thinking, “when I get to be >>insert age<< I’ll have everything figured out.” What usually follows is you become >>insert another age that is older than the previous<< and realize that couldn’t be further from the truth. Today is my 27th birthday and I can’t help but carry around this feeling of “what’s next?” I live a great life, am surrounded by incredible people, I’m working on things I’m passionate about and yet there are still times where it feels like something is missing.
I know happiness can only be found in the now so why do I constantly feel stuck in what lies ahead?
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One of my favorite ways I use my phone is obsessively pinning quote after quote onto my Pinterest boards of inspiring phrases made up of aesthetically appealing fonts typed onto visually interesting backgrounds. If I find one I really like, I write it on my dry erase board I have hung by my door.
A favorite that I’ve clung to is “You are already on the other side.”
Maybe that’s the answer to what I constantly struggle with! The visualization that my problem is already solved. Even though I may only be able to find happiness in the present, the future still exists. And that future is one where things are resolved and dreams are realized.
I don’t know. Maybe I’m on to something and maybe I’ll look back when I’m 72 and type a blog that starts out with I don’t believe it’s uncommon to grow up thinking…