Elizabeth Day: Your Twenties Shape the Best Years Of Your Life | GREAT MOMENTS
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What pressures do people in their twenties face?
Hello, I'm Elizabeth Day, the creator and host of How to Fail. It's the podcast that celebrates the things in life that haven't gone right. And what, if anything, we've learned from those mistakes to help us succeed better. Each week, my guests share three failures, sparking intimate, thought-provoking and funny conversations. You'll hear from a diverse range of voices sharing what they've learned through their failures. Join me Wednesdays for a new episode each week. This is an Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment original podcast. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.
Hello, everyone. I'm Jamie Lang and this is Great Moments. Hey guys, how you doing? Welcome back to another Great Moments. I hope you're having a great day, whatever you're doing. Now, today we're sharing a little slice of my conversation with my very good friend and friend within the industry, Elizabeth Day. Now, Elizabeth Day, she's an author. She's a podcaster. She has a podcast called How to Fail. And actually, I don't think she knows this, but she was the first person to sort of champion me. Coming from Made in Chelsea, kind of a little bit like Marmite and definitely Marmite within the industry.
How does Elizabeth Day define success in her life?
But she was the one who asked me onto her podcast to talk about my three failures. And still to this day, I get comments about it. So I got to thank Elizabeth Day a lot for that. Now, I think many of us in our 20s feel like we're kind of failing. I definitely did. I know that a lot of us feel like we're comparing ourselves to everyone else. And I did that as well, especially with social media, that happens a lot. Elizabeth knows that feeling too. So in this great moment, she talks about the pressure to keep up in the rat race that can define your 20s. But actually, she believes power comes with age. So if you're feeling behind or you're feeling like you're not quite where you should be, this great moment is for you.
And don't forget, okay, if you like this, check out our other amazing guests on Great Company. Just search Great Company wherever you get your podcasts. And if you like this little snippet, go and click on the show notes and listen to the full episode. Okay, here it is. Enjoy this. It's Elizabeth Day on Great Moments. Walk me through the decade. So why were your teen years tricky? Why is that a tricky just in general for people?
In general, because speaking from my own experience and from the experience of some other people that I've spoken to, you don't know who you are and then some in your teenage years. So you are trying to forge your own identity at the same time as you are still part of your family unit. And your family unit will still encourage you to see yourself in that way. So I'm the youngest child of two. That will forever be my role in my family. I'm going to be the youngest. I'm going to be the baby. I'm going to be the one who, in her own head, doesn't have enough agency to be herself almost. And I think your teen years are the first time that you start experimenting with those boundaries. And actually, how much do I think I'm part of this family unit?
And how much is it important for me to forge friendships outside of that? And who am I within that soup? And at the same time as that's happening, you're going through school, which by the way, is so tough. I still wake up today and think I'm so grateful I'm not at school.
Yeah.
And I was of a generation, honestly, yes. School is hell. It's like prison. It is so regimented. You have to get up earlier than anyone ever wants. It's often dark. Either you're at boarding school where you're questioning everything, like, does my family love me?
And then doing a cross-country run at 6am.
Yeah.
In the freezing cold. I'm sleeping. I'm told you can't wear trousers. Your knees are freezing.
It's minus five. You had a night listening to other people shuffle, cough and masturbate in beds next door to you.
Theo Bossom sits next to you and shouts, Mummy!
And you go, what the hell is this?
Theo Bossom?
Theo Bossom. Oh my gosh, isn't that an actual person? Yeah.
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