I cannot stress this enough: life is not a race!
It is so hard to let ourselves move at our own pace when society is telling us who we should be and when. That isn't how we should live our lives, feeling coerced to follow a certain path because it is how society has trained us. It can be so easy to be blinded by society's constructs, that we dismiss our own desires!
Not every person is going to want the same things in life, nonetheless at the same time. You do not have to go to college once you graduate high school. You do not have to know your calling and jump into a career once you graduate college.
You do not have to marry once you find a career. You do not have to have kids once you are married. This is the order we're told makes sense, but it's all imaginary. What works for some, doesn't work for everyone.
As a society. we do not need to share an agenda. We can develop our own timeline of life events in the order that we please, not that we feel is proper.
It can be so hard to see this due to how many people follow this order. A lot of times, we're brought up taught that this is how we live our lives. Though, whose life are we living if we are taught how to live? As we age, we can certainly come up with our own ideals; the problem is the fear that comes with following a different path.
Unfortunately, nowadays it is frowned upon to be different. In any way, shape or form, anything out of the ordinary is critiqued as if it's such a crime to be your own person.
This fear of criticism can hold back so many individuals from what they want, as well as pressuring them into what they might not want. It's tragic how social structure can impact our lives so heavily leaving little individualism. Do not be afraid to be different; just be you!
Follow your own path and live your dreams without fear.
