The author reflects on their journey of marriage and career, believing they were following a predetermined path of success in their early 20s. However, after experiencing a difficult marriage and realizing that PR was not the right career, they concluded that life is not one-size-fits-all. The pressure to meet milestones felt out of sync with their personal happiness, prompting a re-evaluation of their choices. Embracing individuality and personal timing became a crucial realization, leading to deeper self-acceptance.
I compared myself to my best friend, who I felt was doing life milestones the "right" way.
I believed that your early 20s were the only time it was perfectly acceptable to be a hot mess.
But even with this steadfast belief, I still did things out of order. Or so I thought.
Getting married quickly in my early 20s turned into getting an agonizingly slow divorce in my late 20s.
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