When I say people I mean "some people". I seem to feel guilty of falling into this trap as well. I've heard people saying to me and others that "life is not a competition" but it still feels that way when I see it on social media especially if they are younger than me and have done things before 25 or 30 or 35 or 40. It seems like everyone wants to an entrepreneur or something with lots of money, travelling, partying and nice cars under their belts. Or become perhaps a great person in sports or something.
I remember seeing a book done by entrepreneur Steven Bartlett in which he explained how at 18 he aspired to become a multimillionaire by 25 which he achieved in some way but explained how other situations like getting a partner and so on was not always attainable. This book he published in his late 20s. I hadn't even published one at that age even though I still want to be an author.
There are some things I have achieved before 30 like get a long term job, pass my driving test and driving my first car, been to five different cities in five different countries but that still hasn't made me content. I perhaps want to be a writer or author and write about different areas of interests some having roots when I was a kid. Several times I've put it on paper and setting it out but ideas kept changing and then I start over again and again.
08 Jan 2026, 9:57 am
