We were meant to get lost because getting lost only results in one thing: finding yourself.
Thats more than fine.
Because as it turns out, no one really knows what they are doing.
Mohamed Nohassi
Everyone is just winging it.
Hoping they will one day figure it out.
Maybe none of us ever will.
A year and a half ago, I was having a quarter life crisis.
Actually maybe even my second quarter life crisis.
I was working a job I despised.
Mohamed Nohassi
I was running around with lawyers and CEOS of giant companies that I knew nothing about.
I was making them mailing labels, answering their phone calls, getting cursed out half the time.
I was in over my head.
It wasnt hard work, I know.
But it was chaotic.
It was always busy.
I was always in panic mode.
Expecting the worst from everyone else and from me.
I made silly mistakes.
Saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.
Stumbling and fumbling over my own words.
But I worked hard as hell.
At a job that made me not want to get up in the morning.
I poured my heart and soul into something that I literally hated.
And of course, I hit rock bottom.
I was killing myself living a life that I dreaded.
I didnt know what I was doing or where I was going.
It was truly a miserable year in my life.
But the thing about hitting rock bottom, is that theres no where else to go but up.
So thats what I did.
In our 20s, we are supposed to fuck up.
We are supposed to make mistakes.
A year later I ended up finding a new job here at Thought Catalog.
Because I worked hard.
I picked myself back up.
And I led life lead the way.
So no, you wont always know where you are going or what you are doing.
Heck, I still dont know what Im doing the majority of the time.
But Im learning and surviving and breathing.
And so are you.
Without struggling and hurting, you will never get to where you are meant to be.
Without the dark days and the lonely nights, you wont ever get to a happier place.
you’re gonna wanna struggle to survive.
you should probably live through the terrible times so you can live through the amazing moments.
You are not alone.
