How To Get My Life Together?
- Angel Reyes
- Apr 9, 2018
- 4 min read
If you’re someone who prides themselves in having their life together, then this blog is not for you!
(But you can still read it if you want. Actually, you should read it. I encourage it because maybe you don't have your life together, you just don't realize it. First step is acceptance dude)
However, this blog is for those that DON’T have their life together! So if you’re still reading this…that means you probably feel like a loser… just like me!
But fact of the matter is that we’re not losers. Oh no, we’re much worse. We’re pathetic! Pathetic in believing the lie that we are not worthy of greatness and that we have not lived up to the expectations of life. And that’s were our key word of the day comes from: "Expectations"
One of the greatest reasons people have regrets in their life is because they didn’t meet their "expectations” of what they thought their life should be like. Unmet expectations lead to great frustration and disappointment and we’ve all been there. But don't feel bad I mean, just look at iHop.
iHop has been open since 1958, that’s at least 60 years and then all of a sudden in 2018 their like “Gee I really thought the pancakes was the way to go…but it’s not what we expected…Burgers it is I guess”. They change their name (temporarily at least) to iHob. No iHop, never again. Please stick to pancakes!
Society has so many people wrapped up in this illusion that we as young people have to have everything figured out by a certain time in our lives otherwise Oliver Queen from Arrow will come out and say you HAVE FAILED THIS LIFE!!!
We get caught up in the game “Society Says.”
Society says that we have to figure out who we are by the time we leave high school (Which is pretty much impossible by the way)
Society says we have to travel the world by the time we’re 25. Society says we have to figure out a career that will have us “ballin”
(Wait, do people still say "ballin”?)
We then have to be successful in that career by the time we’re 26. We have to own a home by the time we’re 27.
We have to be married by the time we’re 28. We have to have kids and a family by the time we’re 30.
All these things, all these pressures , and at one point you have probably felt like a failure because you don’t meet these requirements but that is false! Who says that you can’t be successful and have a family after your 20’s. Who says you can’t travel the world while you’re in your 30s-40s, even 50’s.
Where in the bible does it say we need to have all these things figured out by a certain time? Hmm? Hmm? If Jesus didn’t say it then the world can tell me squat!
Not only that but then our good friend social media makes us believe the next lie, that everyone is a part of this world wide competition and are supposed to outdo each other by pretending to be happy in the public eye. All you see are post saying,
"Omg look at my vacation in Dubai"
"But did you see my perfect family?"
"Check out how cool my car looks"
"Well, I just finished closing a high ranking deal"
"Oh yeah well look at my amazing boyfriend who I’ve been in a relationship with for 3 and a half months and here’s a picture of him doing nothing but i'm so in love I could die #blessed
Hey! This is your Life! YOURS!
Not your friends or families, yours!
So stop wasting time comparing and get busy LIVING YOUR LIFE!
And although it’s great to have all those things, it’s really is. I’m not saying that’s bad at all. That is the goal and if you’re someone who does have it together, if you’re humble and encourage others, then more power to you.
(High-fives all around)
But if you’re not there yet then don’t sweat it, its not over. You still have plenty of life left to live.
Truth is there is no magic recipe for getting your life together other than working hard and being kind to people, maybe throw a little prayer in as well. In the end, its not bad to have expectations, to set realistic goals and dream big. Make your dreams as big as cities!
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