Adulthood isn’t easy. We all have a dream of where we will be or what we will be doing with our lives. A lot of times it’s fantasy. Something we saw in a movie but not how adulthood actually is. We want to travel. To laugh with friends. To build an empire. To hang out and drink beers. Or whatever other thing you want.
In actuality, adulthood isn’t always that fun. Even if you live a free life. Don’t have to go to the office. Can work on your own time. It’s not always fun. That’s where getting up when you’re down comes into play.
We all have failures. Some of us, probably the over-thinkers, always believe we’re failing. But the point in life, and adulthood, is to deal with the failures as best we can. Moving forward, or failing forward, is the only way to traverse the unknown maze of adulthood.
I have my failures, I have my imperfections, I don’t always accomplish what I want and I hold myself to high expectations. But I have learned a secret to adulthood that so few admit. I will fail (a lot) but I will bounce back better. When I wake up not feeling 100% I will make the most of it. When I miss a deadline and feel stress I will toss it aside and create something out of nothing.
I constantly fall down but I am prepared to get up. That mentality is something missing in the millennial generation. A lot of us have an image of where/who we will be when we’re 25, 30, 35. We set expectations which probably are too much of a dream. And when we don’t reach our lofty goals we fall flat on our face and immobilize ourselves from change.
I will continue to get knocked down, but I’ll get up again.