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I’m Not Lost, I’m Just Enjoying The Journey
It was so important for me to know. It is just not the case anymore.
When I was a little girl, I had a destination to get to. I had a timeline for what I wanted to achieve in my life. My dream was to get a graduate degree and get a high-paying job so I could be independent. I wanted people to look up to me.
I wanted little girls to grow up and want to be like me.
I was so focused on my goal that I didn’t quite pay attention to the process. I reached my goal in time, and when I looked back at my life, I realized I wasn’t happy because something was missing.
People thought I was doing great professionally, and in the eyes of the world, that’s what mattered more. I recognized I was so busy achieving that I forgot about really living.
I needed to change things. I needed a do-over.
I changed my lifestyle and my priorities. I continue to value the future, but I focus more on the present, because that is all that is guaranteed in life. It is this moment, and it is at this moment that we have the power to change anything.
Others wondered and thought I had lost my mind or was having a midlife crisis.
I’m not lost, I’m just enjoying the journey.
