![]() Answers discovered to questions not yet known. Ignorance is not always bliss, but perhaps there is joy to be found in the unknown. ‘Slow down you crazy child, take your phone off the hook and disappear for a while.’ It’s overwhelming to feel like we have to have it all figured out, to compare ourselves to the timeline crafted somewhere in the societal atmosphere and to those around us. Where’s the self development in that? This constant bombardment of knowledge and advice through Instagram captions and wellness podcasts can be undoubtedly insightful but, there can be ramifications. ‘You’re so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need’: so busy focusing on what we want to achieve, that the present moment can get lost in an ‘end goal’. ‘Where’s the fire? What’s the hurry about? You’d better cool it off before you burn it out!’ In the quest for money, security, success, love, happiness, fulfilment, knowledge we seem to be forgetting that Vienna waits for all of us. What if life is long? What if we zoom out rather than zoom in? Allow ourselves time to experiment, to fail, to not have all of the answers and to view our 20’s as a marathon, not a sprint. But, in the haste of ambition are we at a risk of kicking off before we even get half way through? A valid and favorable reminder to seize the day, to take risks and to live without regret. We have a tendancy, as the 20 somethings that are in a rush, to view life as short. ‘Vienna’: a place where purpose still infiltrates your day and life is not lost just because youth is a fond memory. To which his Dad replied: ‘Why? She has a purpose, a life. He turned to his father and said: ‘That poor lady, working at her age’. I’m sure that you can guess what category I fall in to.īilly Joel wrote ‘Vienna’ about a moment he shared with his estranged father they were walking along a cobbled street in the Austrian city when Joel noticed an elderly lady sweeping the street. These 20 somethings create their own pressure cooker and falling short of those deadlines only makes it hotter. They have deadlines on life events a ‘proper’ job by 24, a house by 27, marriage, baby, golden carriage. They have a desire to have it ‘all figured out’ by the age of 30. ![]() The podcast listeners, the self help readers, the time- line militants. They are taking full advantage of the excuse that ‘they are only young’ still learning, still growing, making mistakes left right and centre with no guilt or a care in the world. ![]() ![]() There are those that are using their 20’s as a trial run, no pressure, no expectation, no commitment or responsibility. A simple description of being 20-something could be divided into two categories. ![]()
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