If You’re Feeling Behind in Life, Listen to This
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What does it mean to feel behind in life?
Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast. I am so excited you're here because today you and I are going to dig into a topic that has been on your mind. This topic is stressing you out, and I know this because you've been flooding the inbox at melrobbins.com telling me that you feel like you're behind in life. as if there's some sort of invisible checklist that you're supposed to complete by a certain age. You know, if you're in your 20s, you're writing me saying, I'm behind. I don't know what I want to do with my life. Or those of you in your 30s, you feel this pressure that by now you should have kids. You should have found the one. You should be buying a house. And I so relate to the feeling that you can have in your 40s, 50s, and 60s that you've really screwed up your career. You didn't save enough money or you got a divorce. You've made so many mistakes. And now it's too late.
It's even stressing you out if you're in your 70s and 80s, this sense that there's some perfect way you're supposed to go through life, these boxes that you're supposed to be checking in your 20s, your 30s, your 40s, your 50s. And so today, I am so excited to talk to you about this because I have so much research to share with you. And this is research that is going to give you so much freedom and power. Hear me loud and clear. Being a 20-year-old today is not the same experience as it was even five years ago. Being 60 years old today, not the same experience as it was even just five or 10 years ago. And the expectations that society has, that your friends have, that your family have about where you're supposed to be, they're wrong. Today's conversation is gonna blow your mind. It's gonna liberate you from this stupid social pressure that you feel.
The facts that I'm gonna share, the simple mindset reframes that I want you and everyone that you love to adopt based on the decade that you're in right now, the mindset that you need for your 20s or 30s or 40s or 50s or 60s and beyond, This is a mindset that is going to set you free and help you take control of where you are in your life right now. Before we dive in, I want you to know you got to stick around until a bonus segment after the bloopers. It's all about reframing, refocusing, and reprioritizing so you can actually reach your goals in 2025. And it's all thanks to our friends at Walmart Plus, the membership that makes life easier by saving you time and money with free delivery and so much more.
I will see you after the bloopers, and you're going to love this bonus segment. Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast. I'm absolutely thrilled that you're here. I am thrilled that you're here because, first of all, it's always such an honor to spend time with you, to be together, but I'm also thrilled because the topic today is fan culture. It is so interesting. I'm so excited to share everything that I want to share with you today. I also want to say, if you're a new listener, I just want to take a moment and personally welcome you to the Mel Robbins Podcast family. I'm thrilled that you're here today. And because you made the time to hit play and listen to this particular episode, the title of which is, If You're Feeling Behind in Life.
First of all, you're the type of person who does value your time. And you also want to make sure that your experience of where you are in your life right now, you want it to be different and you deserve to be enjoying your life. And after today's conversation, let me tell you something. In particular, when you hear the research that I have uncovered, when you hear the strategies that I'm going to share with you based on the age that you are right now, you are going to feel different in your life. how you see where you are right now based on your age, it's going to be different. Because the fact is, you're not behind. You're not late. you are in the exact same boat as almost every other human being on the planet right now who has this sense that they're behind in life, that there's some sort of checklist that you're supposed to be checking off in your 20s or 30s or 40s or 50s or 60s and beyond, and that if you're not checking off these things on the list, that, oh, I should be doing this by then, I should be engaged, I should be having kids, I should be buying a house, I should be doing this, that if you're not checking these things off,
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What does it mean to feel behind in life?
0:00–10:30
2
What is the concept of the social clock and how does it affect us?
10:30–17:45
3
How have societal expectations about life milestones changed over time?
17:45–28:29
4
Why is feeling lost in your 20s normal today?
28:29–43:04
5
How should people in their 20s approach career and life decisions?
43:04–50:20
6
What are the unique challenges faced by 20-somethings today?
50:20–1:07:29
7
What pressures do people in their 30s face about settling down?
1:07:29–1:11:10
8
How to navigate relationships, marriage, and having kids in your 30s?
1:11:10–1:24:27
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