Your LinkedIn Feed Is A Lie

You see the updates. Someone you went to high school with just got a promotion, and someone else is starting their own agency. Meanwhile, you're sitting there wondering if you even like your degree. It’s easy to feel like you’re failing at a game where everyone else has the manual. But the manual is fake. Most people are just improvising with a high-quality camera and a ring light to hide the cracks.

The pressure to have your life curated by twenty-four is exhausting and, frankly, impossible. We are living through weird times. The economy is a rollercoaster, and the job market feels like a lottery. If you feel discouraged, that’s not a character flaw. It’s a logical reaction to a chaotic world. But don’t let that discouragement turn into a permanent residence. Hope in your career isn't about landing the dream job tomorrow; it's about believing your skills are still growing in the dark.

I want you to think about career capital. Every weird side hustle, every retail shift, and every awkward interview is teaching you how to handle people and pressure. Even if it feels useless now, it’s building a foundation for something you can't see yet. You are allowed to pivot. You are allowed to be a beginner at twenty-five or thirty. The world tries to rush us, but your nervous system has its own timeline.

So, stop doomscrolling the success of others. It’s a distorted lens that only shows the highlights. Instead, focus on one tiny skill you can get better at this week. Maybe it’s just learning a new shortcut or finally sending that one nervous email. Hope is found in the agency you reclaim for yourself. You aren't stuck; you're just in a chapter that hasn't hit the climax yet. Keep going, because the story isn't over.