Loved this. I think the quarter life crisis is something we don't talk about enough. It's what drove me to start Productivity With Care. I think little me would have been so proud of myself now for starting something creative like Substack.
This is so relatable. I also started mine for similar reasons. I live abroad, so I’ve been learning how to start over, and this space feels like the perfect place to do that.
Thank you. I'm so glad it resonated with you! 💌 I couldn't agree more. I think it's so important. I'm so impressed by how you took that experience and used it to help others. That's a testament to a kind heart. She definitely would! Keep it up. ✨
Sooo wonderful!! I feel I will re read this piece several times to really soak it all up! And it reminded me of how I cried on my 24th birthday because I also suddenly came to terms with my mortality then! Now, almost 12 years later I go for walks and I walk on the seawall instead of the regular pavement because it’s more fun, I sing while I’m doing house chores, I scrapbook, I randomly break out in dance! It’s awesome and I’m completely with you on this Sofia! Cheers to our inner child!
aah this made me smile so wide!! that's so hopeful, and it brought me a lot of joy just now. i'm so happy to hear how you've found that after the experience you had at 24. here's to keep reconnecting with our inner child! thank you so much Lia. 🥹💛 cheers and hugs!!
Same here! I’m from the Caribbean (I noticed you’ve lived in Cuba!), and now I’m living in Kyoto, Japan, going through a bit of a life crisis of my own. I walk along the Kamo River almost every day, that’s actually why I named my newsletter The Kamo Dispatch, haha. What you said really resonates with me so much.
Haha, same! I’m in the same age range as you! I decided to go back to business school in my 30s, moved to Japan to study, and started writing on Substack last month to relieve my existential crisis ahhhhh
girll i feel you 🥹 growing up was the hardest thing i've ever done and i didn't even do it right lol. i think you're doing great. your life is your own; there's real strength in going your own way instead of the one society forces on you. keep at it!!
So beautifully written and as someone who has long since passed 25, this still stays true years after. Some may not feel a crisis at 25 I surely didn’t, but as time goes on we learn or hopefully do to bring out our inner child and to find the joy in the little things 🩷
thank you, Noush. <3 I'm glad you didn't, it wasn't a fun experience :'). Beautifully said, I think it's so important to realize that, like you have. 💖
this is so beautifully written and something we all tend to forget as we grow up.. to laugh! it’s never too late to not take life too seriously and to not worry all the damn time!
thank you so much, Lily. <3 couldn't agree more! it really isn't that serious. i have a piece on that as well, it sounds like it could resonate with you. linking, but no pressure to read. thank you so much for being here and for your kind words.
oh, wow. thank you so much, Haley. the fact that you took away exactly what I was intending from it means everything to me. running to subscribe to you 🥹 💌
Hi Sofia! Loved your sensitive and cathartic piece of writing. I’m 51 with two kids: an eleven and sixteen year old. Been married since 2008. As you can imagine - there is another reflective piece to write when you are over 50. Here’s the thing though - it doesn’t matter. Age. I can get bad health news tomorrow, you can get bad news tomorrow. We are all on the same raft. But you said something very important. The now. The present moment experience of your life. It’s a very hard practice, but when you are just taking with a friend - that is the most important moment in your life. When we are doing dishes or the garden - there is just that. Always just this moment. When we are fully present - and when our practice is on another level, even when we are dying, there is only the present moment experience. No past or future. And working on limiting our egos - looking at all the notions we thought were true which weren’t - allows us to be more available to everything.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful piece of writing.
Thank you so much for this very thoughtful comment; it was a joy to read. And thank you for sharing your perspective. I would love to read your version of this topic as someone over 50, with kids and a long-term marriage. It’s so cool to me how you can connect with my story in that way, and I with yours; it goes to show how age is just a number. I couldn’t agree more. Thank you for the kind reminder to be present.
Have you read The Power of Now by any chance? If you want to explore the topic more deeply, that’s a great book in my opinion! Thank you again for taking the time to reach out. :)
I loved this, I think you are right. I’m somewhere on this path now too after hitting my crisis at 25, three years later I am meeting my inner child in the hopes that she and I can walk hand in hand into the unknowable future 🫶
Thank you so very much, June. <3 That's such a beautiful way of putting it. It makes me so happy to hear that you are meeting each other in that way. It sounds like you're leading each other onto the right path. 💌
I think there’s a kind of grief that comes with getting older, something we need to learn to overcome. I agree with you in so many ways - the way forward is to return to our most childlike spirit. Thanks for the reminder!
That's beautifully put. I think so too. Thank you for adding that here, "the way forward is to return to our most childlike spirit." I'll remember that one. Thank you for being here! 💌
If I may be that nerdy, chubby little kid version of me: I see life as being told to do ladders (that god-awful gym sprint where you go to one full end then back, 3/4-back, 1/2-back, etc). We all sprint like we need to win and by the third go, we're tired and hating it. But it gets shorter and shorter as we go. We just never understood we could skip instead of run. I bet we regret that now...
Jonas, I love this metaphor. It really does feel like we’ve been taught to sprint through life, only to realize later we could have skipped. That last line stayed with me.
Maybe finding our way back is just remembering we actually have free will and that we're not forced to do anything or to rush anywhere. I find myself rushing so often, and for what? Here's to remembering that we have time, and it's never too late to start skipping. <3
Loved this. I think the quarter life crisis is something we don't talk about enough. It's what drove me to start Productivity With Care. I think little me would have been so proud of myself now for starting something creative like Substack.
This is so relatable. I also started mine for similar reasons. I live abroad, so I’ve been learning how to start over, and this space feels like the perfect place to do that.
Thanks for sharing! I'm so glad to hear you've found that space to do that here on Substack. <3
Thank you. I'm so glad it resonated with you! 💌 I couldn't agree more. I think it's so important. I'm so impressed by how you took that experience and used it to help others. That's a testament to a kind heart. She definitely would! Keep it up. ✨
Sooo wonderful!! I feel I will re read this piece several times to really soak it all up! And it reminded me of how I cried on my 24th birthday because I also suddenly came to terms with my mortality then! Now, almost 12 years later I go for walks and I walk on the seawall instead of the regular pavement because it’s more fun, I sing while I’m doing house chores, I scrapbook, I randomly break out in dance! It’s awesome and I’m completely with you on this Sofia! Cheers to our inner child!
aah this made me smile so wide!! that's so hopeful, and it brought me a lot of joy just now. i'm so happy to hear how you've found that after the experience you had at 24. here's to keep reconnecting with our inner child! thank you so much Lia. 🥹💛 cheers and hugs!!
Same here! I’m from the Caribbean (I noticed you’ve lived in Cuba!), and now I’m living in Kyoto, Japan, going through a bit of a life crisis of my own. I walk along the Kamo River almost every day, that’s actually why I named my newsletter The Kamo Dispatch, haha. What you said really resonates with me so much.
Oh I love that!! And am here to cheer you on in this journey! Excited to learn more about Japan and transformation through your eyes!
Reading this meanwhile I’m 33 and still don’t pay my own bills when will I grow upppp
Haha, same! I’m in the same age range as you! I decided to go back to business school in my 30s, moved to Japan to study, and started writing on Substack last month to relieve my existential crisis ahhhhh
wait this is so inspiring!!! Japan has been on my bucket list for sooo long. you're living many people's dream! 🥹
girll i feel you 🥹 growing up was the hardest thing i've ever done and i didn't even do it right lol. i think you're doing great. your life is your own; there's real strength in going your own way instead of the one society forces on you. keep at it!!
So beautifully written and as someone who has long since passed 25, this still stays true years after. Some may not feel a crisis at 25 I surely didn’t, but as time goes on we learn or hopefully do to bring out our inner child and to find the joy in the little things 🩷
thank you, Noush. <3 I'm glad you didn't, it wasn't a fun experience :'). Beautifully said, I think it's so important to realize that, like you have. 💖
this is so beautifully written and something we all tend to forget as we grow up.. to laugh! it’s never too late to not take life too seriously and to not worry all the damn time!
thank you so much, Lily. <3 couldn't agree more! it really isn't that serious. i have a piece on that as well, it sounds like it could resonate with you. linking, but no pressure to read. thank you so much for being here and for your kind words.
https://sofiafalck.substack.com/p/its-not-that-serious?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
this almost felt like we were seeing your journey of feeling lost to finding freedom in real time. what a lovely, “for the hope of it all” piece 💌
oh, wow. thank you so much, Haley. the fact that you took away exactly what I was intending from it means everything to me. running to subscribe to you 🥹 💌
Hi Sofia! Loved your sensitive and cathartic piece of writing. I’m 51 with two kids: an eleven and sixteen year old. Been married since 2008. As you can imagine - there is another reflective piece to write when you are over 50. Here’s the thing though - it doesn’t matter. Age. I can get bad health news tomorrow, you can get bad news tomorrow. We are all on the same raft. But you said something very important. The now. The present moment experience of your life. It’s a very hard practice, but when you are just taking with a friend - that is the most important moment in your life. When we are doing dishes or the garden - there is just that. Always just this moment. When we are fully present - and when our practice is on another level, even when we are dying, there is only the present moment experience. No past or future. And working on limiting our egos - looking at all the notions we thought were true which weren’t - allows us to be more available to everything.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful piece of writing.
Thank you so much for this very thoughtful comment; it was a joy to read. And thank you for sharing your perspective. I would love to read your version of this topic as someone over 50, with kids and a long-term marriage. It’s so cool to me how you can connect with my story in that way, and I with yours; it goes to show how age is just a number. I couldn’t agree more. Thank you for the kind reminder to be present.
Have you read The Power of Now by any chance? If you want to explore the topic more deeply, that’s a great book in my opinion! Thank you again for taking the time to reach out. :)
I loved this, I think you are right. I’m somewhere on this path now too after hitting my crisis at 25, three years later I am meeting my inner child in the hopes that she and I can walk hand in hand into the unknowable future 🫶
Thank you so very much, June. <3 That's such a beautiful way of putting it. It makes me so happy to hear that you are meeting each other in that way. It sounds like you're leading each other onto the right path. 💌
Here’s hoping!
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24 was the age my existential crisis hit and 25 was the age i started taking care of little me again. thanks for sharing this ♡
wow, that’s crazy how similar our timelines were. i feel you. 💛 thank YOU! it genuinely means the world to me that it reached you in that way. x
I think there’s a kind of grief that comes with getting older, something we need to learn to overcome. I agree with you in so many ways - the way forward is to return to our most childlike spirit. Thanks for the reminder!
That's beautifully put. I think so too. Thank you for adding that here, "the way forward is to return to our most childlike spirit." I'll remember that one. Thank you for being here! 💌
If I may be that nerdy, chubby little kid version of me: I see life as being told to do ladders (that god-awful gym sprint where you go to one full end then back, 3/4-back, 1/2-back, etc). We all sprint like we need to win and by the third go, we're tired and hating it. But it gets shorter and shorter as we go. We just never understood we could skip instead of run. I bet we regret that now...
Jonas, I love this metaphor. It really does feel like we’ve been taught to sprint through life, only to realize later we could have skipped. That last line stayed with me.
Maybe finding our way back is just remembering we actually have free will and that we're not forced to do anything or to rush anywhere. I find myself rushing so often, and for what? Here's to remembering that we have time, and it's never too late to start skipping. <3
I needed to read this now.
that means the world to me. i'm so these words resonated with you. <3
It’s never too late
exactly. keep going. 💌
Loved this piece!!
thank you so much ❤️ so happy you’re here!
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living for little me day by day has completely changed my entire world and my entire life. my only goal in this world is to make her proud <3