The Pressure of Age

in blog •  7 years ago 

Many times I've come across the phrase 'Age is just a number' and while I was in my teens this didn't made any sense. I always used to wonder why do you even have to mention that!? Why age has to be such a big fiasco in someone's life!? Later on, as I was growing up and the pressure of achieving things by a certain age took a toll on me I found myself completely lost and left behind.

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Whatever targets are set by the society that you need to start doing or finish doing by a certain age brings in so much of pressure which converts into frustration when you fail to do so. You need to graduate by 22 and immediately have a job, get married by this and that age and what not. Whilst making all these unsaid norms we forget to register the fact that every person is different and you cannot confine people to follow a set pattern because in your opinion that's the best way to live. It took years for me to understand and be okay with not achieving something by a 'certain' age.

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Anyone who's struggling with their age and thinking 'I've done nothing all these years' Shhh!
That's the pressure and care of what others think talking. Break out of it now. There's no guide book of how to live your life so don't let these pressures become one. Discover, try, explore your life yourself! :)

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