The Rising Pressure to Achieve Success at a Young Age
Feeling Behind When the Future is Uncertain
As a 22 year old in my final year of university, I constantly grapple with society’s expectation to have your career mapped out and be working towards major success already.
Between friends landing corporate jobs and entrepreneurs on social media building empires, it often seems like I’m behind if I don’t have everything figured out yet.
The truth is, I launched my blog earlier this year but I’m still exploring what I’m passionate about and uncertain if I want to work in my field of study. I’m feeling pressure from all directions to have a flawless trajectory lined up.
But the reality is, very few 22 year olds have it all together! The journey to finding fulfilling work is long and nonlinear for most. As long as I keep developing my skills and learning about myself, I know the right path will unfold eventually.
In this post, I’ll share how I deal with feeling “off track” and tune out arbitrary societal timelines. There are many versions of success — we don’t all need to achieve it by 25! Progress isn’t always linear.
