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As a 25-year-old and who is lost in the corporate world and unhappy, I'm wondering if I'm the only one in this situation. If you have been through a similar phase in life - what would you advise? What are the things that looking back you would have done differently?
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Oliver Emberton, Founder of Silktide7.6k upvotes by Shreyas Panduranga, Mahmoud Emad, Quora User, (more)Loading...
Your question is the problem. Stop making big decisions and focus on closing the gap with where you want to be.
A successful life is not made of easy, clean cut choices. It looks like this:
Sadly, far too many look like this:
Now I know this sounds obvious, but consider. Have you ever seen a guy desperately enamoured with a girl, but he can't bear to talk to her? Or someone who wants to get fit, but they won't step in a gym? How about someone who wants better career options but stays exactly where they are?
You always need to be closing the gap.
Stop making this a big scary decision and start taking lots of continuous small steps. Take something you love doing - or if you're not sure what that is, something you'd like to try. And move towards it now.
In your case, you don't have to choose between a well-paid job you don't like and the unknown. You have countless other options:
Some steps will lead to greater things. Others will be dead ends. But as long as you sit feeling paralysed, I can assure you nothing will change at all.
Do not, and I shall repeat for emphasis, do not defer this until a "better time". If you make a habit of that, you'll wake up one idle Monday and wonder how you let your whole life fly away.
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A successful life is not made of easy, clean cut choices. It looks like this:
Sadly, far too many look like this:
Now I know this sounds obvious, but consider. Have you ever seen a guy desperately enamoured with a girl, but he can't bear to talk to her? Or someone who wants to get fit, but they won't step in a gym? How about someone who wants better career options but stays exactly where they are?
You always need to be closing the gap.
Stop making this a big scary decision and start taking lots of continuous small steps. Take something you love doing - or if you're not sure what that is, something you'd like to try. And move towards it now.
In your case, you don't have to choose between a well-paid job you don't like and the unknown. You have countless other options:
- Start up a small business in your evenings
- Ask your boss what you could do for them to get promoted
- Teach yourself a new skill that interests you
- Write a blog or a book
Some steps will lead to greater things. Others will be dead ends. But as long as you sit feeling paralysed, I can assure you nothing will change at all.
Do not, and I shall repeat for emphasis, do not defer this until a "better time". If you make a habit of that, you'll wake up one idle Monday and wonder how you let your whole life fly away.
Enjoyed this? Read more of me three times a week at oliveremberton.com
