1. Everybody is in so many different places personally and professionally
Friends who are married, friends who refuse to be in committed relationships.
Friends who are still in school, friends who are doing well in their promotions and becoming “VPs”.
2. Your circle becomes a lot smaller
When you’re in high school or college, you have a social community that sees the same people for a year.
In the real world, you live in the community of the world, which is much bigger.
Keeping up with people is extremely hard, especially if they don’t geographically live near you.
Sometimes both sides love each other, but it’s hard to plan and execute.
3. Life, in many way, is simple but it’s the emotions will always make it hard
Life can be simplified very easily — relationships include dating, becoming a relationship, and then maybe breaking up or going all the way.
You go through breakups in high school.
Even though life is simplified like that, the actual elements of life are hard. For example, a breakup is hard.
4. You’re in this weird time of people becoming more professional/doing college things
26 is an interesting age because you still have the ability to go out both nights and stay up till 2 AM, but now it’s like do I want to do that?
I saw a lot more people going out once a weekend night just cause the recovery isn’t as easy.
5. You can grow
I challenged myself to join an adults sports league and I committed to it.
I committed to running a mile every day during the summer. I did it.
I worked on myself a ton mentally this year, and I grew.
I stayed consistent with Grateful Living Podcast. The podcast grew from over 5000 plays in 2020 to over 40000 plays in 2021.
We all have the power within us — it’s a matter of setting the intention, creating time for the intention and then executing.
6. New friendships can form
Through going out or meeting of mutual friends, new friendships can form. Be open to that. It becomes so much harder after high school and college to make new friends, but it can happen.
7. Self-care is the best care
Selfishness has always had a bad rap. But in many ways, the positive vision of self-care or being selfish is the most important thing in life.
We’re often committed to things not necessarily truly 100% for us — our work, grocery shopping, friends,