Twenties are not for the faint hearted...

What a time to be alive!

Your twenties are definitely the most confusing times that one can go through, I thought being in my teenage years was A LOT, but no…my twenties are damn confusing.

In my teens I had an idea on where Ia would be in my twenties, married and a good paying job but the script flipped along the way and I found myself not sure on how to navigate certain life challenges, not to mention the financial stress that started creeping in from Lord knows where.

You trying to let go of your “childish” ways and transition into adulting. At the back of your mind you know for sure that you shouldn’t take life so seriously but at the same time you are thinking that you are preparing for the future you know…investing for your thirties and making more money for your forties. It’s like you are planning for your future yet living for the now and yet trying to juggle everything…IT’S A LOT.

I started of my career as an administrator (anything prior to this does not count and is not on my C.V) for a multinational pharmaceutical company before that, I too did go through that frustrating period of having completed my degree and not finding a job.

So while working in the corporate world I soon got to a point where I found myself thinking that surely for a person that did a BSc in Biochemistry and Microbiology surely I should be getting paid more than this. But unlike my peers, I decided to suck it up and make the most of that situation and hoped for the best. I therefore decided to register myself for a part time course in business management with the hopes that I will be permanent and prove my worth to my manager, that didn’t turn out as well as I had planned it out in my vision. I decided to leave the company and that’s when I became a financial advisor.

My colleagues and friends have kids and some are engaged and I have a pot plant. My mom will not allow me to sleep out even though I am considered an adult with a degree AND a job. How do I explain to a guy that I like and he likes me too that I have a curfew.

Not to mention how according to my “life plan” at this point in my life I should have accomplished “somethings”, not sure what but there’s this huge sense of entitlement and a need to accomplish something greater than what I have currently accomplished. Like I should have a house or a car or starting a business. I need to start saving but what if I do not get to retirement so all that saving was for nothing? I need to give sound advice to my 48 year old client regarding their finances and yet for the past 5 months, just 2 weeks before pay day my bank balance is less than a thousand…It feels like there is just so much to do and so much to achieve with less days in the year.

Basically being an adult and youth at the same time is hard ITS A LOT.

But I have come to realise that in my twenties that’s when I should enjoy life and allow myself to make mistakes and learn as much as I can for my 30s and 40s. I also realised that I shouldn’t be too hard on myself and that everyone’s journey in life is very different, therefore all I can do is be a cheerleader for those that are doing good in their respective fields – those being my friends, family and others at a distant…what do I have to loose right?

P.S. And don’t forget to show gratitude for the little things and laugh a lot ♥♥♥