How to Embrace The Chaos of Life
You don’t HAVE an existential crisis. You are one.
Right now my existence is more chaotic than ever.
Unanswered emails. 58 open tabs. An idealogue I need to organise. I’ve double-booked plans. I’ve had days of doing nothing. My pounds (physical) are increasing and my pounds (financial) are decreasing. There’s a book I haven’t yet written. One I have — but haven’t edited. Poor posture. Clicky ankles. Low self-esteem. High expectations. You know the stuff.
So how do I react to my current life status? What are my options here?
- Not accept this. Stress cry.
- Accept it. And move forward or move on.
The latter ups my likelihood of not getting grey hairs before I’m 26 — so that’s what I’m choosing.
And that doesn’t even mean I have to accept and then account for these issues. Technically, I can just accept them. Nothing more, nothing less, I don’t need to fix or resolve anything. Just switch my mindset into acknowledge mode and stop perceiving all this chaos as bad — just human.
Being alive means living. Living means that life happens, all around us at all times. Sometimes it’s messy.
We don’t have an existential crisis: we are one.
But whether we see the mess as fallout or as artwork — that’s up to us.