you don’t have to know everything or have it all figured out

on letting life unfold without rushing answers

So I figured out that everyone is out here doing their silly little jobs without actually knowing what’s next or what their big move in life is supposed to be. And when you think about it… life still moves.

Even when we don’t know what we’re doing. Everyone is improvising. There’s no guidebook for how to live or how to magically “know” stuff. We’re all just waking up, showing up, adjusting when things shift, hoping we’re doing enough.

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” — Socrates

Just because you had a rough week or a couple of bad days, it doesn’t mean the world stopped spinning. It didn’t collapse just because you didn’t know what was happening before, and you don’t need to know what you’ll do after.

And that’s okay. Life doesn’t demand perfection from you - it just asks you to keep going, even if you’re moving slowly, even if you’re unsure.

I do believe having a plan can be good, but sometimes it overwhelms you. It keeps you stuck in the future - thinking about what’s next, what you should do, what the next move should look like. And in all that noise, you forget to pay attention to what’s happening now.

Life isn’t a checklist. We’re not meant to tick our way to happiness.

“Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.” — Gilda Radner

Not knowing everything actually protects you from burning out on the “big picture.” It keeps your mind focused on your own little corner of the world, your own problems, your own pace. And that’s enough. You’re one human, not a machine. You don’t have to carry the entire timeline of your life in your hands - just today is plenty.

Not knowing doesn’t mean failing. You’re still changing, still evolving, still growing - even on the days where it feels like nothing is happening.

Slow growth isn’t wrong growth. You can’t rush yourself into understanding everything, just like you can’t rush time to move faster. Some things are meant to take the long, soft route. Some lessons only land when you’re ready to hear them.

“All life is an experiment.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don’t pressure yourself to know it all. You don’t even need to know everything to live a good life. It’s okay not to decide your entire future at 18, 19, 20. It’s okay to be uncertain and still worthy. Life is something you discover along the way - not something you’re born already knowing, no matter what parents or teachers expected from you.

“When we are not sure, we are alive.” — Graham Greene

Being confused, unsure, slow, tired, undecided - this is human. You’re not supposed to be the same version of yourself every month.

Growth is messy and nonlinear. Uncertainty is part of shedding old layers. Sometimes the things you don’t know yet are the things that will shape you the most.

And honestly? Look at you. You got here, to this exact moment, without a perfect plan. You didn’t have a 20-year strategy back then, and maybe you don’t have one now.

Yet here you are. You figured things out piece by piece, day by day. You didn’t know the whole story - but you always knew enough for the next step. And that was enough.

“The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.” — Ursula K. Le Guin

We learn by walking, not by knowing. By trying, not by predicting. And maybe that’s the point.

In the end, life never asks you for the whole map. It just asks for the next step - the courage to take it, the softness to trust it, and the patience to let the rest unfold when it’s meant to.