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Better START than never

by: @_heyitscarliee

Lately, I'd been going through my social media and it may seem easy for others to continue with their life, hustling, travelling, earning and being successful all at the same time on their mid-20s and yet, here I am, feeling so dumb not earning much, staying rent-free with my mom and contemplating 'bout my life.

It's really common for millenials and genz to feel the same way I did. It would be rather you feel you're too late or too early for everything since we're living on a fast paced era of advance technology. But of course, it's ALWAYS never too late to try something new once in a while.

Recently, I messaged my best friend, Jett, telling him how scared I was with making decisions in my life right now..

Me: "I'm afraid to make a decision"

Him: "This change me a lot. If you're afraid to do something then do it scared."

"It is! Super scary *Teary-eyed emoji* No matter how positive you are in life, there will be days when you'll go crazy hahahaha"

Jett is my diary in a human form. I tell him everything about my life. (sometimes it felt like he knows me better than I am) I always complain 'bout my work, which is very normal for us. Then, you know, random thoughts on your head... I ain't resigning (maybe? soon? idk?) but am starting this new scary journey, starting this website/blog life online. I'm not sure who's going to read this 'cause first of all who the h*ck am I? But at least I tried.. started it really scared..

But if you're still reading up to this point, thank you so much!!! I really scaredly appreciate it!

Now, you have an idea of who I am. As the title says, It's better to START than NEVER, I wanted to end this letter with a question (which I mostly ask myself), will this be a never ending work in progress? if not, WHEN will be the END of this?

Let me know your thoughts and suggestions!

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