5 Things You Must Realize if You’re Feeling Lost or Don’t Know What You’re Doing With Your Life

Life is not a straight line that goes from A to B

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If you’re feeling lost, I understand.

I was there.

Sometimes, especially in these last few months, I feel like I am there.

Feeling like you don’t know what you’re doing with your life is one of the most frustrating feelings in the world. And as with other emotions we experience, we tend to fight it, instead of learning how to cope with it.

Life is not a straight line that goes from A to B.

Life is a canvas of circles and waves, ups and downs, highs and lows. It’s a journey of self-discovery and creation. We paint it with a set of colors and then re-stroke it with another. It’s transformative. Ever-changing.

Like the sea, life is always in motion. Sometimes the sun is sparkling across its bed of blue. Sometimes a blanket of clouds dims the light. Sometimes, a storm squalls it into a fury. But no matter what happens, and whether we can witness it or not, someplace, somewhere, every single day, the sun gently sinks to kiss the sea at its horizon.

If you feel like you don’t know what you’re doing with your life, that’s okay. It’s a phase that shall pass. It’s another wave that you will ride. Here are five things to realize.

1. Nobody Has it “All Figured Out.”

First and foremost, let’s agree on two things:

1. Nobody has it all figured out. And if they tell you that they do, they’re lying to you. Consider this: Every business is constantly trying to figure out how to grow their customer base, improve their product, and gain market share. So every business is a work in progress. Every online writer is constantly trying to figure out how to reach more readers, improve their writing, and grow their online influence. Every couple in a relationship is constantly trying to figure out how to keep it working (or at least, make it work) and every new parent is trying to figure out how to maneuver their way through parenthood. Nobody has it all figured out-everyone is figuring it out as they go-just like you.