You're not behind because you now have a list of things in your life to upgrade. In fact, you're ahead of everyone who is still avoiding asking these questions. Pick one thing from the list, the one that feels most doable this week. Do it. Then another next week. And another. These very small actions almost always add up to big shifts, not only in your life but in how you feel about your life (not so mid anymore is it?).

“Thank you for your application. We'll be in touch." Ever found one of those emails in your inbox? Then weeks later, they are still not in touch? We get it. Nobody trains you for the job search marathon. Yet here you are...job searching in your 20's in a rough economy.

Nobody warns you about the goodbyes you have to make as a parent.

They warn you about the sleepless newborn nights. They warn you about the terrible twos and the teenage eye rolls. They give you books about discipline and development. What they do not give you is a heads up about the moment your child doesn't need you the way they used to, and the confusing, slightly embarrassing, but very real grief that follows.

You know that thing you've been meaning to deal with? The email sitting unread, the phone call you keep putting off, the doctor's appointment never made from 2024, the budget you could tackle in your sleep but somehow haven't even opened? Yeah. That thing. It's not going anywhere. And neither, it turns out, is the anxiety attached to it.