I never thought I'd say this, but I miss being in school. I miss a teacher giving you a syllabus and knowing exactly what to do, how to do it, and when to have it done. I miss my biggest stress factor being a mediocre frat boy. Nobody warned us how tough the mid 20's were going to be. 

And, yes-- I know this time period is supposed to be uncomfortable because DiScOmFoRt iS GrOwTh, but damn! It feels like we were thrown to the wolves and told, "figure it out!'. Some people our age are happily married who garden in their backyard after a 7am workout, while others are spending money they shouldn't be on Doordashing Taco Bell after a night out, where they ran into their toxic situationship. I'm the ladder. Maybe this is the beauty of the mid 20's: the chaos. Of course, there's beauty in peace too, but as I'm writing this, I'm remembering that 10 years from now, at least I'll look back and laugh. 

I guess this is my encouragement to not be too hard on yourselves-- to not compare where we are to others. I was being hard on myself before I started writing this, just feeling like I'm never doing enough and comparing myself to other business owners. Now that my newly-developed frontal lobe started really thinking about it, I'm giving myself a pat on the back. I may not own a multi-million dollar business, but I'm doing stuff now on a regular basis that used to put me in an anxiety freeze just thinking about doing. It's the little wins that add up to one big win, and remember-- nobody posts the little wins on social media; you only see the big ones. People don't post that they clean their house and check their email now more than they used to. We're making progress, which is what it's all about. We can't go from wild college kids to full blown, Mel Robbins style adults without baby steps and growing pains. However, we're approaching full blown adulthood, so we owe it to ourselves to enjoy these last few years of being grown up kids. But, we won't enjoy it, if we're stressing over not having everything figured out/not being where we know we have it in us to get to. So, Daddy, chill! Enjoy the ride instead of thinking you can only enjoy the destination. 

XoXo,

Lou