As a person who entered the pandemic at 23 and soon will be 27, it's good to be reminded that your 20s aren't EVERYTHING. As a late bloomer introvert it feels like I've just gotten started and feel like I teleported 3 years into the future and done not much yet.
It’s early in the morning here, today’s my 29th birthday, and I can confidently say I have “failed” my 20s 😂 however I only failed at the neurotypical able bodied heteronormative 20s model, for a neurodivergent disabled queer trans person I’m doing just fine! I feel like the biggest revelations of my life came out of making decisions that might go against the society norms but felt true to me, and I’m glad for every one of those decisions no matter what.
This this this. I am bi but only just coming to terms with that at 28. I have had severe depression and anxiety throughout my 20s and a chronic illness throughout my teens/early 20s. My 20s has felt like constantly catching up. Only now, near the end of my 20s do I feel like I'm "settling" and finding my place. But I also feel "behind". It's exactly as you said, the version of life I'm behind on is not the life I'm experiencing. Big love to you ❤️ we've got this....at our own pace.
Hi Leena! I'm 19, and I found your channel a few monthes ago. I don't have the words to tell you how much comfort, joy, and valuable information your videos have provided me. Thank you so much for being here, and being you.
We don't know each other, but I hope you enter your 20s with assurance, faith in yourself and that you are open to experience and change. We are all on different paths, I recall being fuzzy headed in my early 20s and committing to people who didn't deserve it. But I see people younger than me who are so much more clairvoyant than I was at that time (that's okay,) so cool. My 2 cents if you'll have it: find out what it is to respect yourself, and whatever process that is, do it.
@@celinepope Thank you for your kind words and advice. It means a lot to me that you've taken the time to write this. Your words will now be a part of my life, kind stranger :)
I just turned 25 last week and I've been working through feelings that my early twenties got wasted because of the pandemic but I feel so much more confident about the direction I want to go now that it's hard to feel like it was a waste. Thank you for your continued wisdom
I entered my 30s and got married just before the pandemic, by one month. What should have been the newlywed-bliss honeymoon-phase of those first two years, it was nothing but chaos of not being able to see friends and family and trying to buy a house when no one wanted to move.
I needed this! I'm 21 and going through a "big human experience" (what a nice way to say crisis!). The flow chart idea seems like a very calming activity
As a perpetual "late bloomer," videos like this make me feel better about what I have accomplished in my life and much more excited for what's to come. Thank you!
I'm 22 and this was so interesting and valuable. I'm currently really feeling the postgrad blues as I apply for and get rejected from a steadily increasing list of graduate jobs. This was a great way to put the rest of the decade into perspective.
It's reassuring to hear postgrad blues being mentioned cos I definitely got that for a few months at the end of last year. It's only subsided very recently after a change in my living arrangements and receiving a job offer
not Leena sticking a "should I break up with him?" flow chart on the fridge for Craig to see hahaha but in all seriousness, worst case scenario vs. best case scenario helps me a lot!! I often find my worst case scenario is far from realistic and best case much closer to reality, but still both give me reasonable ways to cope with either situation. it's helped me feel a lot calmer and more capable of dealing with myself, and not fear the end of the world as I know it.
I LOVED THIS!!! Wasn’t expecting it to be such a call to action with so much fantastic practical advice! I’ll be coming back to this one regularly and will definitely be doing all these exercises in my notebook 👀
21 year old, consistently watching your 20's series and it feels like getting homework from a therapist in the best way possible. love this series, love your channel and your vibe. Thank you so much Leena!
This is the big sibling chat i needed! Always so grateful for Leena's videos and will never just watch one once, forever returning and forever learning new things when doing so
oh god i cannot believe my structuring-and-planning-obsessed brain has not yet made any use of the worst-/best-case flow chart method. Will do, will do, will do - thank you Leena
I’m turning 25 this Friday and I’ve experienced a big life change moving across the country and am struggling with what to do. This video was comforting particularly the flow chart idea as someone who struggles with catastrophizing.
Failing your twenties doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve failed every aspect of your personal life, it just goes to show that every one of us here make mistakes or may have missed out on some other important things in life that teaches us to not give up and continue moving forward no matter how difficult it gets. It’s best to enjoy life in your 20s, while you’re still young and exploring the whole world in all its facets. You don’t have to be so serious all the time. Life is short, so do make the most out of it while you’re still alive.
leena, single-handedly helping me get through my twenties. when I turn thirty I'm going to give a speech like at the oscars and you will by all means be included in the thank-you portion.
Surprised by how much better this made me feel about everything!!! I’m 23 + disabled, so I often fall into those thought spirals and start shitting myself that I’m doing life totally wrong. This was super helpful, thank you ☺️
At the ripe old age of 28 i can say I've def failed my twenties. I was building my life for a very different way than I'm living right now. I thought I'd be having a creative job, living abroad and having fancy dinners with academics, but instead I'm unemployed, living with my parents and the only thing that's for dinner is leftover pasta.
I'm 31 but i have to thank you for the Big Human Experience thought. I've been absolutely terrified of the time when I lose my parents, to the point of not being able to enjoy my life anymore. This view is really comforting ❤️
There are ABSOLUTELY NEVER too many pompoms!!! I too have just undergone a "big human experience" which utterly shattered my vision of my future (I'm 24). This flowchart activity is absolutely GENIUS. (You even provided examples?!?! what a saint!)
I’m 26 and was feeling like I’m failing my 20s because I’m in a job I hate right now with no real idea of what to do next, but actually I’m figuring out a lot of the questions you asked and that’s made me feel SO much better!
I love the flow chart idea! I turn 28 in December and have a few things that I still need to work through like that. It reminds me of something my Mum used to do with me when I was a kid. I had reeeeeaaaaally bad anxiety as a kid so whenever I was worrying about something going wrong we would make a list of the worst things we could think of that might happen as a result they would start as my actual fears and then would become more and more fantastical. For me it really helped to look at “I have to retake the exam” next to “a tiger breaks into the school and eats me” put things in perspective for me
I'm 22 and a half, love journaling for life planning and recording thoughts and emotions, and that flow chart strategy is perfect for me to try! Thanks!!
I do these things!! Have done so since I was about 21ish, am now nearing 25. Just so you know, you're in my hall of fun :) If there is 1 more tip I would add; it's to write a list of affirmations that are very highly specific to you in times of chaos so that you can remind yourself of who you really are and what you really want and need in times when you can't trust your own self-talk. For me, being at uni, this list includes things like 'no matter how much time you win by skipping a meal, the net outcome will still be negative because being hungry means that the time you do have left will be spent less productively. Not eating will never contribute positively to you making the deadline, so just take a break to eat.' But also things like 'You have made tangible progress already. Your efforts are not in vein. Don't give up now because you feel like you haven't learned anything. You have, you just can't feel it right now cause you're stressed.'
Thank you Leena. I started watching you when I was 21 and struggling in both a degree and relationship that ended up failing me. I'm in my mid 20s now, and a much happier person with a very different outlook on life. You contributed a lot to me growing into this happier version of myself and are still one of my absolute comfort channels 💖 your humor, vibe, and outlook on life always make me feel hopeful and happy. Thank you for providing your take on growing up, sustainability and literature!
Hi! I watch this video literally regularly when I’m feeling a bit lost and EVERY SINGLE TIME it helps. Thank you so much! Also, the flowchart thing? Actually works, it’s wonderful!
Your flowchart was SUPER helpful. I'm an anxious person, but I know that there's no point in worrying about things that you can't control. This looks like a great way to look at scary unknowable future scenarios, with a sense of positivity!
I just turned 20 a few days ago and I'm still haven't figured myself out. And honestly, our voice and your channel has been such a breath of fresh air✨🤗.
Thank you and also to the gumption club because I cant afford literally anything right now. I'm 21 and I started uni while having experienced a big human experience for 3 years counting so I needed some guidance. Thank you so much Leena. Also I think I'll add u the list of people who inspire me and I want to be more like.
I have just turned 21 and love the twenties toolkit! I especially like the idea of the questions list, and have lots of data to be collected!! Thanks Leena for another great video :)
I’m 29 but this is relevant to any age! Now that I have some of the basics answered and have gone through some of those big human experiences you mentioned, I have even more genres of chaos bubbles to flowchart my way through.
As a 30 year old this was a very nice video because I was able to reflect and discover that I have answers to these questions! Now to ummm kick pieces of my reality into place so I can better integrate my understanding of myself going forward
Once again Leena, you're brilliant. I'm 26 and it would be super interesting to do a flow chart with the addition of a small child in tow because the outcomes will obviously look quite different. I'll have to remember this for the next time something comes up
i haven't been watching your videos for a long time because of too much uni demands and now coming back to your channel after weeks is like having a warm hug from a friend thanks leena
I can't even explain how much I needed this video today! I turn 20 in a few months and this fall has been full of big scary existential thoughts for me. I'm so so glad I found your channel and that I have your wonderful, kind, wise, genuine presence to male things feel less scary. I'll be putting up my list of 20s questions on my wall tomorrow!
I'm 27 and "have my life together" (own a house, am married, have kids etc.), but this video was still so incredibly helpful to me. I want to be more than a mother and wife, and am still descerning what mark I want to leave on this Earth and would love more friends too (do not recommend bearing children during a pandemic 🙃). Thank you for sharing these tools ❤
Hi Leena. I just want to thank you for making this sort of content and for your impeccable timing for this video. I applied a modification of strategy 1 to help me figure out my plan of attack for my current situation, then strategies 2 and 3 came up in a conversation I had immediately afterwards, and so I realised how I needed to apply them. Thanks again for what you do, and know you are really helping people (even this quickly!).
i can’t believe it’s already 2023 and i can’t believe how hard it is on me to be 21 and as if it’s not enough i’ll be moving to a new country all by myself. i don’t know if i have it in me i feel like 17 year old me knew and did it better than me. sometimes all i want to do is be back home and sleep in my childhood bedroom. the rush and having a never ending to do list every fucking day is just too much. i miss having simple crushes on simple guys i could have never imagined real love and real relationships and break ups would be this hard. 17 year old me would hate me if she knew i'm still grieving over a relationship that ended 7 months ago. i miss when i got to have dreams and goals about my future because now i’m at an age i should be living my dreams past me had but no and i feel like i have failed myself.
I'm about to turn 28 on the 31st and I've been having a lot of anxiety recently about "adult" things like wanting to buy a house/deciding whether I want certain kinds of relationships in my life/kids etc. This video came at the right time! Thanks ☺️
I'm 26, currently finishing my M.A. in literature, debating about whether I want to move to another country to do my PhD. Currently, I've decided to postpone the application process for another year. Just trying to figure myself out.
I love the second tip. It worked wonders for me to just look around and ask myself: do I know someone who is 5 years older than me, who I would like to be in 5 years. It puts a lot of things in perspective
This week I finished reading Factfulness and bought your poetry collection! Factfulness was even better than you made it sound and I'm very glad I finally followed your recommendation! Looking forward to doing Bargain Bin Romcom once I finish my current bedtime poetry reading :) An important question I've been investigating in my 20s is "what does good mental health feel like for me?" I've discovered that consuming things slowly and making things for myself and others is pretty important, and I'm now trying to find what exercise is sustainable and contributes to this.
Just turned 29 2 days ago, and I honestly wish I had been thinking of these things 10 years ago, but boy did I think my 20s were gonna go differently! I'm working on being okay with that, but these things I think are applicable no matter your age, so I'm going to start as I mean to go on, as they say.
I'm 24 and I'm scared that I'm just going to blow up if I do life wrong and it doesn't feel like I've been doing it right so far in my adult life but I know that that's just delusion and I'll work it out but the fear is real and omnipresent
Leena please talk about Iranians fight for their basic rights. For Iranian women. For the 16 yo girls who are being beaten to death because of protesting for #woman_life_freedom #mahsaamini Be our voice
Can you do a list video of all the things you should figure out about yourself in your twenties (ie if you prefer living in the city or countryside)? I found the examples you gave very easy to answer, which I'm pretty chuffed about, but I want to find more examples to see if there's anything I still need to figure out about myself and google is giving me nothing!
As a person who entered the pandemic at 23 and soon will be 27, it's good to be reminded that your 20s aren't EVERYTHING.
As a late bloomer introvert it feels like I've just gotten started and feel like I teleported 3 years into the future and done not much yet.
It’s early in the morning here, today’s my 29th birthday, and I can confidently say I have “failed” my 20s 😂 however I only failed at the neurotypical able bodied heteronormative 20s model, for a neurodivergent disabled queer trans person I’m doing just fine!
I feel like the biggest revelations of my life came out of making decisions that might go against the society norms but felt true to me, and I’m glad for every one of those decisions no matter what.
This this this. I am bi but only just coming to terms with that at 28. I have had severe depression and anxiety throughout my 20s and a chronic illness throughout my teens/early 20s. My 20s has felt like constantly catching up. Only now, near the end of my 20s do I feel like I'm "settling" and finding my place. But I also feel "behind". It's exactly as you said, the version of life I'm behind on is not the life I'm experiencing. Big love to you ❤️ we've got this....at our own pace.
@@hanzib31 here’s to being authentically ourselves, living in our own timelines, and freeing ourselves of the feeling like we need to catch up. 💖💜💙
Hi Leena! I'm 19, and I found your channel a few monthes ago. I don't have the words to tell you how much comfort, joy, and valuable information your videos have provided me. Thank you so much for being here, and being you.
We don't know each other, but I hope you enter your 20s with assurance, faith in yourself and that you are open to experience and change. We are all on different paths, I recall being fuzzy headed in my early 20s and committing to people who didn't deserve it. But I see people younger than me who are so much more clairvoyant than I was at that time (that's okay,) so cool. My 2 cents if you'll have it: find out what it is to respect yourself, and whatever process that is, do it.
@@celinepope Thank you for your kind words and advice. It means a lot to me that you've taken the time to write this. Your words will now be a part of my life, kind stranger :)
I just turned 25 last week and I've been working through feelings that my early twenties got wasted because of the pandemic but I feel so much more confident about the direction I want to go now that it's hard to feel like it was a waste. Thank you for your continued wisdom
Omg me too, I turned 25 on the 4th and my brain was in broken anxious crisis mode and this video came at exactly the right time. Thank you so much!
Quarter life crisis here too ✋🏻
I'd say we need to be very gentle with ourselves, everything was and is outside our control
I entered my 30s and got married just before the pandemic, by one month. What should have been the newlywed-bliss honeymoon-phase of those first two years, it was nothing but chaos of not being able to see friends and family and trying to buy a house when no one wanted to move.
I needed this! I'm 21 and going through a "big human experience" (what a nice way to say crisis!). The flow chart idea seems like a very calming activity
Rooting for you! ❤
I also had a Big Human Experience at 20-21, and it's made me a much better 27-year-old than I ever would have been without this. Good luck friend
I'm 24 and I'm reeling from life-shattering "big human experience" as well. Sending you my best wishes - you're definitely not alone.
Feeling the pressure of my late 20s, and this was revolutionary.
Omg... the chaotic flow chart. So many panic attacks and fear-based decisions could have been avoided if I had thought of it 😢
You *NEVER* fail at making me feel better for not having it all figured out
As a perpetual "late bloomer," videos like this make me feel better about what I have accomplished in my life and much more excited for what's to come. Thank you!
I’m 24 and am gonna start my first Real Job in a week after the daunting after-graduation job hunt.. just added you to my Hall of Fun, Leena!
I'm 22 and this was so interesting and valuable. I'm currently really feeling the postgrad blues as I apply for and get rejected from a steadily increasing list of graduate jobs. This was a great way to put the rest of the decade into perspective.
right there w/ you! this time is so rough. I'm back working part-time in retail as I try and map out next steps but the blues is so visceral
Same… it’s good to know we are not alone 🥲 and good to remember the positive options that follow ‘failures’ or rejections
It's reassuring to hear postgrad blues being mentioned cos I definitely got that for a few months at the end of last year. It's only subsided very recently after a change in my living arrangements and receiving a job offer
not Leena sticking a "should I break up with him?" flow chart on the fridge for Craig to see hahaha
but in all seriousness, worst case scenario vs. best case scenario helps me a lot!! I often find my worst case scenario is far from realistic and best case much closer to reality, but still both give me reasonable ways to cope with either situation. it's helped me feel a lot calmer and more capable of dealing with myself, and not fear the end of the world as I know it.
Fantastic as per usual. Having this series at 23 would have been amazing but I think there is still a lot of value in it for people of any age.
As a chronic overthinker, the flow chart is genius. Thank you Leena!
I LOVED THIS!!! Wasn’t expecting it to be such a call to action with so much fantastic practical advice! I’ll be coming back to this one regularly and will definitely be doing all these exercises in my notebook 👀
Same 💜
@@shanw.2948 same! Leena always speaks in a way that makes me feel so much more enlightened! ❤
21 year old, consistently watching your 20's series and it feels like getting homework from a therapist in the best way possible. love this series, love your channel and your vibe. Thank you so much Leena!
This is the big sibling chat i needed! Always so grateful for Leena's videos and will never just watch one once, forever returning and forever learning new things when doing so
oh god i cannot believe my structuring-and-planning-obsessed brain has not yet made any use of the worst-/best-case flow chart method. Will do, will do, will do - thank you Leena
I’m turning 25 this Friday and I’ve experienced a big life change moving across the country and am struggling with what to do. This video was comforting particularly the flow chart idea as someone who struggles with catastrophizing.
keep going, you're doing amazing
Leena would you consider making a video on how to make friends in your 20s? I’ve recently moved home after uni and all my old friends have left!
Failing your twenties doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve failed every aspect of your personal life, it just goes to show that every one of us here make mistakes or may have missed out on some other important things in life that teaches us to not give up and continue moving forward no matter how difficult it gets. It’s best to enjoy life in your 20s, while you’re still young and exploring the whole world in all its facets. You don’t have to be so serious all the time. Life is short, so do make the most out of it while you’re still alive.
Love this! Leena is definitely on my wall of fame too!
leena, single-handedly helping me get through my twenties. when I turn thirty I'm going to give a speech like at the oscars and you will by all means be included in the thank-you portion.
Oh my god the part about finding a work day that works for you instead of focusing on a job title rocked me! Immaculate video as always 😘👌
Surprised by how much better this made me feel about everything!!! I’m 23 + disabled, so I often fall into those thought spirals and start shitting myself that I’m doing life totally wrong.
This was super helpful, thank you ☺️
At the ripe old age of 28 i can say I've def failed my twenties. I was building my life for a very different way than I'm living right now. I thought I'd be having a creative job, living abroad and having fancy dinners with academics, but instead I'm unemployed, living with my parents and the only thing that's for dinner is leftover pasta.
I'm 31 but i have to thank you for the Big Human Experience thought. I've been absolutely terrified of the time when I lose my parents, to the point of not being able to enjoy my life anymore. This view is really comforting ❤️
23 and freaking out about employment and housing and I'm very thankful for this twenties toolkit
*More pompoms I say, **_more!_*
Also, the flowchart thing is actually a great creative writing exercise as well btw
There are ABSOLUTELY NEVER too many pompoms!!!
I too have just undergone a "big human experience" which utterly shattered my vision of my future (I'm 24). This flowchart activity is absolutely GENIUS. (You even provided examples?!?! what a saint!)
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I’m 26 and was feeling like I’m failing my 20s because I’m in a job I hate right now with no real idea of what to do next, but actually I’m figuring out a lot of the questions you asked and that’s made me feel SO much better!
Went to see a therapist yesterday but this video helped me 10 times more. Thank you so much!
I love the flow chart idea! I turn 28 in December and have a few things that I still need to work through like that. It reminds me of something my Mum used to do with me when I was a kid. I had reeeeeaaaaally bad anxiety as a kid so whenever I was worrying about something going wrong we would make a list of the worst things we could think of that might happen as a result they would start as my actual fears and then would become more and more fantastical. For me it really helped to look at “I have to retake the exam” next to “a tiger breaks into the school and eats me” put things in perspective for me
Leena I think this flow chart idea is seriously going to change my life
I'm 22 and a half, love journaling for life planning and recording thoughts and emotions, and that flow chart strategy is perfect for me to try! Thanks!!
I do these things!! Have done so since I was about 21ish, am now nearing 25. Just so you know, you're in my hall of fun :) If there is 1 more tip I would add; it's to write a list of affirmations that are very highly specific to you in times of chaos so that you can remind yourself of who you really are and what you really want and need in times when you can't trust your own self-talk. For me, being at uni, this list includes things like 'no matter how much time you win by skipping a meal, the net outcome will still be negative because being hungry means that the time you do have left will be spent less productively. Not eating will never contribute positively to you making the deadline, so just take a break to eat.' But also things like 'You have made tangible progress already. Your efforts are not in vein. Don't give up now because you feel like you haven't learned anything. You have, you just can't feel it right now cause you're stressed.'
Thank you Leena. I started watching you when I was 21 and struggling in both a degree and relationship that ended up failing me. I'm in my mid 20s now, and a much happier person with a very different outlook on life. You contributed a lot to me growing into this happier version of myself and are still one of my absolute comfort channels 💖 your humor, vibe, and outlook on life always make me feel hopeful and happy. Thank you for providing your take on growing up, sustainability and literature!
This is brilliant!! The idea of being a detective and asking questions in your twenties particularly resonated with me. Thank you for sharing🤗
Hi! I watch this video literally regularly when I’m feeling a bit lost and EVERY SINGLE TIME it helps. Thank you so much! Also, the flowchart thing? Actually works, it’s wonderful!
Your flowchart was SUPER helpful. I'm an anxious person, but I know that there's no point in worrying about things that you can't control. This looks like a great way to look at scary unknowable future scenarios, with a sense of positivity!
Leena how did you know I needed this today? I'm 28 in a few days and panicking about only having 2 years left! Nonsense.
turning 20 in april and I feel like there are so many expectations for your 20s that are stressing me out! thanks for the video
Oh my god the flow chart is so helpful! Thank you so muck for calming my ever-screaming brain.
I just turned 20 a few days ago and I'm still haven't figured myself out. And honestly, our voice and your channel has been such a breath of fresh air✨🤗.
Thank you and also to the gumption club because I cant afford literally anything right now. I'm 21 and I started uni while having experienced a big human experience for 3 years counting so I needed some guidance. Thank you so much Leena. Also I think I'll add u the list of people who inspire me and I want to be more like.
This might be my new favorite video of yours.
I have just turned 21 and love the twenties toolkit! I especially like the idea of the questions list, and have lots of data to be collected!! Thanks Leena for another great video :)
I’m 29 but this is relevant to any age! Now that I have some of the basics answered and have gone through some of those big human experiences you mentioned, I have even more genres of chaos bubbles to flowchart my way through.
you will definitely be in my hall of fun. you really opened these eyes of this 18 yo who's already burned out by everything. and you also like books!!
As a 30 year old this was a very nice video because I was able to reflect and discover that I have answers to these questions!
Now to ummm kick pieces of my reality into place so I can better integrate my understanding of myself going forward
i’ve been MAJORLY struggling this last week and a bit with professional and academic life questions so this truly came at the perfect time thank u
I turned 20 a month ago and this video couldn't have come at a better time.
Thank you so, SO MUCH.🖤
Once again Leena, you're brilliant. I'm 26 and it would be super interesting to do a flow chart with the addition of a small child in tow because the outcomes will obviously look quite different. I'll have to remember this for the next time something comes up
i haven't been watching your videos for a long time because of too much uni demands and now coming back to your channel after weeks is like having a warm hug from a friend thanks leena
Amazing timing to publish this. Thank you!!!!
I can't even explain how much I needed this video today! I turn 20 in a few months and this fall has been full of big scary existential thoughts for me. I'm so so glad I found your channel and that I have your wonderful, kind, wise, genuine presence to male things feel less scary. I'll be putting up my list of 20s questions on my wall tomorrow!
Pom poms, flow charts, and cool premier chat. ❤️👍🎃🍁🍂🍃🌿
I love watching people think on paper 😊
I'm 27 and "have my life together" (own a house, am married, have kids etc.), but this video was still so incredibly helpful to me. I want to be more than a mother and wife, and am still descerning what mark I want to leave on this Earth and would love more friends too (do not recommend bearing children during a pandemic 🙃). Thank you for sharing these tools ❤
is being over 30 just watching these videos and cringing and thinking yeah, that would have been nice to know. cause that's where im at
Hi Leena. I just want to thank you for making this sort of content and for your impeccable timing for this video. I applied a modification of strategy 1 to help me figure out my plan of attack for my current situation, then strategies 2 and 3 came up in a conversation I had immediately afterwards, and so I realised how I needed to apply them. Thanks again for what you do, and know you are really helping people (even this quickly!).
That flow chart idea is excellent!
Deborah Frances White is GOALS! 💛💛💛
Brilliant advice Leena. I'm repurposing this for "thirties anxiety & how to fight it!"
Hall of Fun is a great idea!
incredible video - love all of the twenties toolkit but the list of questions advice is my new favorite ❤
I did the flow chart for the first time a few months ago and it was so so helpful! Really helps rationalise your thinking and stop spiralling
Ahhh going through a long term break up at 24! The perfect video to find!
This was maybe one of my favorite videos of this series!! (Girl 23😊)
i can’t believe it’s already 2023 and i can’t believe how hard it is on me to be 21 and as if it’s not enough i’ll be moving to a new country all by myself. i don’t know if i have it in me i feel like 17 year old me knew and did it better than me. sometimes all i want to do is be back home and sleep in my childhood bedroom. the rush and having a never ending to do list every fucking day is just too much. i miss having simple crushes on simple guys i could have never imagined real love and real relationships and break ups would be this hard. 17 year old me would hate me if she knew i'm still grieving over a relationship that ended 7 months ago. i miss when i got to have dreams and goals about my future because now i’m at an age i should be living my dreams past me had but no and i feel like i have failed myself.
I'm about to turn 28 on the 31st and I've been having a lot of anxiety recently about "adult" things like wanting to buy a house/deciding whether I want certain kinds of relationships in my life/kids etc. This video came at the right time! Thanks ☺️
I'm 26, currently finishing my M.A. in literature, debating about whether I want to move to another country to do my PhD. Currently, I've decided to postpone the application process for another year. Just trying to figure myself out.
Thank you Leena! Very helpful (and fun!!) content as always❤️
I love the second tip. It worked wonders for me to just look around and ask myself: do I know someone who is 5 years older than me, who I would like to be in 5 years. It puts a lot of things in perspective
I’m about to be 30 but I still love these videos ❤
This week I finished reading Factfulness and bought your poetry collection! Factfulness was even better than you made it sound and I'm very glad I finally followed your recommendation!
Looking forward to doing Bargain Bin Romcom once I finish my current bedtime poetry reading :)
An important question I've been investigating in my 20s is "what does good mental health feel like for me?" I've discovered that consuming things slowly and making things for myself and others is pretty important, and I'm now trying to find what exercise is sustainable and contributes to this.
Thank you, Leena! I'm Turning 26 on Saturday, and OMG did I need this video!
Just turned 29 2 days ago, and I honestly wish I had been thinking of these things 10 years ago, but boy did I think my 20s were gonna go differently! I'm working on being okay with that, but these things I think are applicable no matter your age, so I'm going to start as I mean to go on, as they say.
only life coach i need
NEVER too many pom poms ✊
I'll clear this up. Not enough pom poms, I'll stay subscribed until it is ✨
Pompoms amount - perfect
it's just the right amount of pompone
You're in my hall of fun 💗 love your videos and perspective
First early access video, I am so exiceted that I am finaly a patron!
Yesterday was my 23 birthday, this series is soooo useful omfg, thank you Leena
This is so good Leena! Thank you!!
There are never enough pomp pomp ✨️
You are a genius! Thank you so much for this. Will come back again to copy the questions you proposed into my notebook!
turned 20 last month and boy will these vids help me
Thank you for these helpful ideas!! I love this series so much 💛
Detective mode on #alreadythirty
I'm 24 and I'm scared that I'm just going to blow up if I do life wrong and it doesn't feel like I've been doing it right so far in my adult life but I know that that's just delusion and I'll work it out but the fear is real and omnipresent
Live that pom-pom life Leena, if you love it, then that's all that matters x
Leena please talk about Iranians fight for their basic rights. For Iranian women. For the 16 yo girls who are being beaten to death because of protesting for #woman_life_freedom #mahsaamini Be our voice
This was so helpful, thank you !
I'd like to argue that all decades are equally long or short; they just feel longer/shorter depending on who you ask.
Not too many pompoms. Never too many pompoms.
Absolutely nowhere near enough pom poms, darling.
I second this
Can you do a list video of all the things you should figure out about yourself in your twenties (ie if you prefer living in the city or countryside)? I found the examples you gave very easy to answer, which I'm pretty chuffed about, but I want to find more examples to see if there's anything I still need to figure out about myself and google is giving me nothing!
That's exactly the perfect amount of pompoms.