Whew! I don’t know about y’all, but this is a constant struggle of mine! Being in your mid 30’s I feel like you are constantly stuck between “girl you got time” and “girl what are you doing with your life?”I mean if I am being honest there are things that I thought I would have already accomplished in life by now. For example marriage and kids, Lord knows I am as far from those things as I was when I was first dreamed about them years ago lol. Obviously there are more things that you think of other than just marriage and kids. I mean just life in general sometimes, you feel or you think that you should be much further in life than you currently are. It makes me think of a quote from one of my favorite movies “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” Kate Winslet’s character Clementine says “I’m always anxious thinking I’m not living my life to the fullest, you know? Taking advantage of every possibility” And that’s literally it! It’s exactly that! However, as soon as I catch myself going down that road I do try to catch myself and remember this exact sentiment about timing. Timing! It is everything. I know we tend to get caught up on time and if we are truthful we can tend to get caught up on measuring up to either our own timelines or the timelines that society has put on us. I know it can be so hard to balance the mindset of I got to hustle and make this happen vs the mindset of “trust your timing” however, I do want to use this as kind of a reminder to not be so hard on yourself ( I am talking to myself too, because as I stated this is a constant struggle of mine.) It is fine to have goals and be proactive in your own life to make things happen, but remember this is your own race and no one else’s. Your timeline doesn’t have to match up to the next persons and vice versa. It’s great to have goals, but if you are not exactly where you thought you would be when you made these plans at 10 years old, that doesn’t mean you are a failure. Trust the timing and keep on going. From Jaime With Love.
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This is a constant struggle of mine as well. I often reflect on what I said I wanted as a little girl. It is crazy how when I was little, I would put everything on a time line. None of those things happened in the time frame in which I wanted it to but I can say I am happy. I may not have everything I want in life right but they will come in due time. As people, we tend to try to live in the future that we can’t appreciate the present.