This One's for the Ones That Feel Lost

Just yesterday, I felt like I had lost my direction. Like I was paddling a boat with all my energy, but only moving around in circles.

I started questioning everything I’m doing, the agency, this community, and everything else. “Should I maybe just get a job like a normal person?”, I asked myself.

I called my girlfriend and she was amazing at helping me work through all of this. First and foremost, we reviewed my values. What are the most important things out there to me?

These core values are the framework that you build your life around. To learn more, I can highly recommend Mark Manson’s podcast Solved, he has an episode about values.

Next, we envisioned who I want to be in the next 10 years. What do I want to accomplish, what are my goals?

When we figured all that out, it felt quite easy to answer the last question: What can I do right now to become that future version of me?

For me personally, that meant considering picking up a new project: maybe learning sales by getting a job in that area, or doubling down on content creation. Whatever it is that I will add to my weekly schedule, I’m sure its going to move me in the right direction.

So the next time you have an existential crisis and feel like whatever you do, you keep running in circles, remember this: anchor yourself in your values. Moving on from there, figure out who you want to be in the future. And finally, what can you do today to become that person you envision in the future?

Also, be kind to yourself, you’re young, you don’t need to know everything yet. Every step in the right direction is a step in the right direction, just keep on going!