These days I’m really contemplating in moving cities, then staying here in Sydney. Starting over again, maybe move near the beach in the GoldCoast. I’ve made a lot of friends here in Sydney, but I guess it’s time to expand what I have & see another side of Australia by the end of this year. I’m excited.

Now, that I’m past the ‘unsure’ stage of my early 20s. I’ve now hit my late 20s & still feel a bit lost. My inner compass knows what to do but as I grow older, like an onion, I’m peeling back the layers of myself.

I’m applying for more mid-senior positions & the idea that my ‘youth’ is evading me is, starting to set in. The advice I can see online from reddit when you type in ‘what to do in your late 20s OR feeling behind in my late 20s’ all point to the same, generic advise ‘life is honestly what you make of it’ OR ‘make good use of your time now, while you still have it!’. Whilst, each line of advice isn’t wrong, it’s not really providing a solid outline into navigating your late 20s.

Like, most navigating early 20s I made a lot of costly mistakes. Nobody was really there to mentor, me into the right path. I dropped out of university & began working in IT, started to apply myself into building a business & invested my savings into an online brokerage account. Making money isn’t easy in a recession here in Australia, but I am making ends meet. In the middle of trying to stay afloat with everything, there is the fear of not being able to reach my potential OR find my ‘mojo’.

Finding my ‘mojo’ in my early 20s have been rough. Mojo = The thing you are really good at. Working in IT, I thought having good job prospects & being in the forefront of AI revolution would set me up for the long run. I’m still finding it hard to be connected to a company’s culture that accepts women in technology. I’ll admit, I’m having second thoughts. Whilst I enjoy being in tech & working with a wide variety of technologies, it can be rough continuously learning new programming skills, new hardware to fix & always staying up to date with the latest technologies. I guess, I’ve been turning to writing to relax. Unpacking my thoughts & building a community.

There is the pressure of seeing your peers accomplish stellar results from their hard work, whilst you’re still grinding away can be a hard pill to swallow. Constantly, having to keep reminding myself, comparison is the thief of joy & that it isn’t worth punishing yourself for seeing a pathway in life you aren’t that interested in.

On the opposite side of the coin, there is less pressure to keep proving yourself as a rookie in the office, and an understanding that you are now a ‘seasoned’ professional. But don’t let that fool you.

It’s whilst you stay inside your comfort zone that you begin to lose sight of finding your mojo. Through many trails & tribulations here is what I’ve resulted in focusing on for the rest of my late 20s:
1. Learn to relax more. Focus in on 1–2 things you do really well in. That is your ‘mojo’.
2. Keep learning & fail forward. There is always a lesson in the trials & 
tribulations of life. 
3. Growth = progression. I’ve decided to focus on solo-entrepreneurship and grow my online presence + business. Regardless, I think now is the time to pick something whether it be a family, relationship or business & begin to grow it to its fullest potential.

At the end of the day, just know that you are not alone in your journey & that there are plenty of late 20-year-olds, still trying to figure out their ‘mojo’ too. Me, included!