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Is This All There Is to Life?
I feel tricked — Nobody told me that this was how it would be growing up!
As a child, many of you have probably been tripping and counting down to the day when you finally become a grown-up. The day when you finally can decide on everything in life! The biggest lie there is… When you finally grow up you realize that there is a big lie everyone has kept from you. You are not free to live whatever life you want because there is a hidden list of expectations that suddenly show up when you become a member of the grown-up club. A list of things you should and should not do. Is this all there is?
When I turned 25 my life hit an emergency stop. I suddenly started asking myself if I was living the way I wanted to. All my life I have had a goal — a clear path on where to go the next years of my life. I had worked hard, got a great education, I got a great job, I made enough money to buy my first apartment and I had such a great boyfriend and friends around me.. but was this all there was to life?
Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda
My life felt like getting up in the morning, go to work, get home, maybe make dinner, get to bed, and then the next morning wake up again. Is this really all there is?
