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So I just turned 25 last month. When I was younger, I've
been hearing from other people who have reached my age now that they’re going
through a quarter-life crisis. At the time I don’t know what that is. All I saw is
that people are in pain. They are pressured to becoming someone who they are
not yet given their age. So when my turn to become 25 finally came, my thoughts
flew back into the days when I witnessed people who went through a quarter-life crisis. And
I wonder, will I experience that myself? Will I also be pressured about not
becoming someone other people will look up to?
However, during my birthday, I didn't notice any difference
at all. Except that I received birthday greetings and well wishes everywhere. I
was happy for sure. Reading messages from the people who mattered most to me,
and seeing how they teased me with their greetings was a day maker. But other
than that it’s completely another typical day that will surely pass. And it
did.
It’s October now. A month has passed since I turned 25.
However, my thoughts and emotions didn't change a bit. Indeed, it was exactly the
same as before. I didn't experience any nervous breakdown because I’m not as
wealthy as Steve Jobs when he was my age nor am I depressed because I am not as
famous as Taylor Swift. In fact, I don’t feel like 25 at all. Or 24, 23, or
even 12 for that matter. I am who I am now. My age doesn't play an issue
about being me. It’s just a number and for as long as I don’t feel any health
issues that come with an old age, I don’t think my age will affect how I think
about myself.
Each of us, I believe, has his own time in realizing our
real purpose in life. So depending on how quick or slow were you able to find
yours will you be able to work on it, thus achieve it. There are people who
found success at the senile age of 66 like Colonel Sanders while there are
others who have built great empires at their tender age like Steve Jobs and
Mark Zuckerberg. But hell if it matters. Just get on your track and keep
working on what you believe is your purpose of being. Surely, you’ll struck
your luck and nail down your dream in time. But if not, who cares, anyway as
the saying goes, success is a journey, not a destination.
