Just curious if you have ever felt like you have hit your stride in life. For me it feels like there are times where things go really well and times where things just seem to get off track too often.
Overall it feels like there are often things that just derail me. Derail, might be to strong, but that just hold me back from getting to my goal life. Like breakups after dating for a while for seamlessly no reason, or injuries from training, or a hiccup at work.
I think there are a few things I am going to to like join a local Fitness Team (Running Club, Triathalon Team, Cycling club, etc.) and see if that brings more balance to my life. I have a lot of athletic events coming up an think that training with a team could be good. And then I am going to just keep grinding hard at work.
Any other Ideas? Have you hit your stride? If so, how did you find it?
Most folks I know never really "hit their stride" in the traditional sense until they reach a point in their professional career and personal life where they can somewhat kick back (ie. close to retirement with a nice nest egg and kids are grown up). In terms of knowing what you want out of life and moving towards that, myself and most of my friend group started to get there in our mid/late 20s.
There will always be bumps along the road - I thought I was in a very good spot pre-COVID before having a big professional setback and all of a sudden it felt like the rug had been pulled out. The past year for me has really been focused on i) balance between my personal/professional life, ii) stopping the constant comparison between myself and my peers, and iii) trying to plan my life in shorter increments, and I've found myself much more content.
What was the rug pull? I'm in a similar situation myself...
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I don't think anyone can be perfect, though I will say the times in my life where I feel the best are usually after I've experienced some setback, refocused on the spokes of my wheel, and then all of a sudden go "things are alright!" so the TLDR to those comments is examine the spokes on your wheel, figure out what's a priority, and develop a plan of attack to try to accomplish whatever you're trying to accomplish
I feel like I’ve hit my stride at 21- currently in the best physical shape of my life, have a SA spot at a good bank in a good group locked down, got a decent sized portfolio for someone my age as well.
I grew up poor, overweight, and was generally pretty unhappy. Started to turn that around in 2018 and 2019 but then 2020-2021 hit me with the worst two years of my life. Personal devastation across the board, my GF of two years broke up with me, several deaths of people close to me, I was completely isolated at home with my parents (which was not a great and borderline abusive environment unfortunately), and I stopped giving a fuck about fitness and just binge ate a ton of shitty food everyday and went back into the overweight category for a few months. Somehow I made it back out, emphasizing physical fitness and nutrition was a major part of that (personally found it more helpful than therapy) and lots of post-traumatic growth coming out of the darkness.
Obviously there’s so much to improve and I don’t think I’m anywhere close to my full potential but I feel pretty good about where I am compared to where I was a few years ago. If I could go back and meet myself from high school or even from a year ago I’d tell him that everything is going to be okay.
Echo some comments that life always has bumps, never fully hit your stride, etc. Frankly I've often kinda found that the moment I start thinking "man I'm really hitting my stride", something happens to throw things off. In fact I think it's a bit dangerous to constantly seek this feeling out. It's setting expectations, which creates room for disappointment as "bad" things will continue to happen
Imo, in a way, big picture hitting your stride is when you (1) have a clearly defined goal/north star/purpose driving you. It's like a gut feeling ever-pulling you in this direction (2) find and define your personal values + stop caring what other people think and truly do you
#2 has been big for me, especially in this social media age. I spent a lot of time worrying about others whether I consciously knew it or not. Still do..prob always will to some extent..but my desire to fit in, go the traditional route, etc. is low as it's ever been. I'm very comfortable with myself and my quirks. That is in many ways, to me, hitting my stride
You keep putting in honest effort toward what matters to you and I think life will work out just fine :)
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