🟣 My quarter life crisis saved my life

Bonjour my pickled ham

At 21 I was stacking shelves at Tesco.

At 22 I was designing overpriced bogs for people with too much cash.

By 25 my soul was dripping out of my arse every time I sold another one.

But I had a safe job. Long-term relationship. On track for house, 2.5 kids, labrador before 30.

Lovely life on paper.

But for me? Felt like sprinting on a hamster wheel made of sandpaper.

My dad clocked it.

“Rach, your spark’s gone - what’s up?”

“I don’t know, Dad. I feel like I’m watching my life, not living it.”

He smirked, sharp as ever:

“No one knows what they’re fucking doing doing. But the only way you’ll figure it out is by finding more of what you don’t want.”

Well shit-me-dead. That stuck.

So I stopped obsessing over the perfect path and started testing the wrong ones.

I quit the “safe” job - turned out I didn’t want to beg for days off.

I travelled the world - Discovered home with my favourite people wasn’t so bad (except Jan/Feb when the UK is a wet sock).

I ended my 6+ year relationship - learned I deserved a bit more than the bare minimum + I was dating the wrong gender all along 😂

Every wrong turn gave me direction.

Each dead end pointed me closer to what I did want.

And none of that would’ve happened if I’d sat there twiddling my thumbs waiting for clarity to arrive.

So here’s your nudge:

Stop waiting. Stop wondering.

Trip over it. Face-plant it. Order the wrong thing off the menu. Follow a shit program. Date the wrong person. Learn the lesson and move on.

Because getting it wrong is literally the shortcut to getting it right.

Otherwise? You’ll just stay perched on the hamster wheel of sandpaper, squeaking away about your “potential,” when you could be out here wobbling forward like a sexy little penguin finding its sea legs.

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Big love

Rachel