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Timeline

Wherever you are right now is exactly where you need to be. Billions of people cannot do everything in exactly the same order. We are all different with different goals and mindsets. Some get married early, some get married late, while others don't get married at all.  What is early? What is late? Compared with whom? Compared with what? Some want a successful career, others enjoy taking care of a house and children, some want both. I have seen people who graduated at 22 and didn't get a salary job until they were 26. I know people who graduated at 25 and already had a salary job. I know people who run their business at the age of 20, I know people who tried really hard but still couldn't do it till they were in their late 30s. I know people who are married or in a relationship and love someone else, I know people who love each other and are not together. There are people waiting to love and be loved. There is perfect timing for everything. So don't beat yourself up fo...

Body shaming

 The list of where we fail and what we feel ashamed of is almost endless. Joking and making critical, potentially humiliating comments about a person’s body size or weight is body shaming. Body shaming is ubiquitous, part of our routines and everyday experience. Negative comments about appearance are constant. Body shaming happens with everybody, at least at some point of their life. OMG don't you think you have put on a little weight? Do some exercise… eat this, you look ugly, OMG he is so skinny, how does he even walk. We have all heard and sometimes even used statements like this without realising that, our words are powerful and it can hurt people, maybe the girl you're calling fat is starving herself, she is crying all night thinking about what you said, stress eating that nothing is gonna work on her, no one is going to like her, marry her, she is just a joke for everybody. The boy you call too skinny is maybe beating himself up in the gym to put on a little weight, j...