Feeling Lost in Your 20s? You Need to Hear This

Hey. It's your friend, Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast. Let me guess. You were told that your twenties were gonna be the best decade of your life. Like you'd have the dream body, your dream job, live in a dream apartment. You'd be going out every night with your friends. You'd have this amazing love life. You'd find your person, get married in your dream wedding. That would be your twenties. Cure reality. Your job feels pointless, if you even have one. You're getting ghosted again. Your friends are gone. That new city doesn't feel like home, and you're lying in bed wondering if you're the only one in your twenties crying on a Tuesday night. Well, your friend, Mel, is here to tell you, you're not. I get it. In your twenties, you don't know what you wanna do with your life. Neither did I. And if you're like me, you're just trying to figure out how to pay rent and not hate yourself in the process. See, here's the problem. The problem is that social media makes it seem like everyone else is thriving. They're hitting these milestones, launching influencer accounts, falling in love, buying houses, chasing their dreams, traveling 20 fourseven, eating at all the best restaurants. That's a fantasy. Today, you and I are gonna talk reality. The reality is the twenties are the hardest decade of your life. And so if you're confused, lonely, uncertain, it doesn't mean that you're doing anything wrong. In fact, it just means you're in your twenties. Everyone feels lost, regardless of what they're posting online or what they're communicating in the group chat. Let me prove it to you. I have 10,000,000 people who follow me on Instagram, and I ask them, hey, if you're in your twenties, are you struggling? And if so, what are you struggling with the most? Holy cow. It was the same themes and questions over and over and over again in every single response. You said, how do I end the relationship, move to a new city, and start all over on my own? How do I know what to prioritize in my life, my job, dating, my friends, having fun? Will I ever find my person? How do I know when to change paths versus when to stick it out? Am I just lazy? I've hated my job for as long as I've had it, but I'm scared to look for another one. Does it ever get better? Is it our generation, or were the twenties like this for you too, Mel? I heard this over and over and over as I poured over every single one of your responses. You're terrified of falling behind. You're obsessed with making the right decision, which is why you can't make any decisions. You're scared you're never gonna figure out what you're meant to do or who you're meant to be. And most of all, you feel like you're the only person …