A Meds, Mugs & Musings original.

Recently I sent out a message on an anonymous platform about how I felt like a failure for being two years into adulthood and not having my crap together.

Even though there’s a age gap between me and my older sisters and I’d watched them become adults, so I knew that you don’t become an adult and suddenly have it together, I still felt guilty and like a failure.

I just let stem off in this message, not expecting much, but it honestly surprised me just how many people related and also needed to hear that they weren’t the only one.

So if you’re just turning 18 or you’re in your retirement or somewhere in the middle, not having it together isn’t being a failure, it’s being human.

You wouldn’t expect a small child to know instinctively how to write and read because they’re learning to for the first time.

Why is that any different to adulthood when this is us learning these things for the first time?

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