I get frustrated when people think that I should be perfect, have life figured out by now and judge me for the mistakes I have made. First of all, I would like to point out that no human being on this Earth is perfect and no one will ever be. So why do people act like they should have everything together 24/7?

I am only 21 years old. My whole life up until this point has been surrounded by listening to what my parents, teachers, or any adult have told me to do. I have graduated high school about three years ago and learned what I needed to know for me to graduate. Even now, I am still learning information at my university that will be useful in my profession whenever I graduate in about a year.

So to those who are quick to judge and ridicule me, I am still learning. I LOVE that I am still learning new things every day. I am very excited that I will so much to learn ahead of me. I hope that it provides me with wisdom and that it helps me to live the best life possible. I know for sure I am going to make mistakes.

I know I have made some mistakes already, some worse than others. To me, that does not matter. With the mistakes I have made or already made, it builds character and it is part of the learning process. If I did not stumble along the way, I would not be where I am today.

We are still learning anyone who claims otherwise does not know what they are talking about. Before this year, I did not know how to file taxes or even cook. I can now say that I am able to do both and I am still learning along the way. I grew as a person because of it, even if it is simple things.

Even in the courses that I take in my university, my mind is being exposed to all sorts of information and I want to absorb every single bit of it. Something interesting I learned was that you cannot understand the world around you. That is why you go out there and ask questions and learn about the world. There is so much w have yet to learn.

No one will ever have all the answers. I can say so myself that I do not even have all of the answers. Half of the time I do not even know what I am doing every day or every hour. I am perfectly okay with it. I have stopped trying to figure it all out right now because the lessons will come with age and experiences.

To those people who are in my shoes who feel like you have to have everything together, let it go. The best way to learn is to simply live and the rest will follow. Each experience you have, whether it would be good or bad, shapes us and teaches us something that we need to know. I do not believe in coincidences, no matter how big the mistake is, I just know that it is leading me to the place that I need to be.

We have so many people in our lives, whether it would be teachers, friends, family, or even colleagues, who we can learn from in various ways, However, the most important teacher in our lives is actually ourselves. No one can do it for you. You have to be able to learn from your past experiences and seek information. Ask questions, read books, self-reflect, etc., all of these things can teach you more about life and more about yourself.

To those people who think that because I am 21 years old that I am supposed to have it all figured out, you are so wrong. I am happy with tripping and falling, slowly making my way in this world. It is not pretty or graceful but it is real. I am never going to be perfect. I am never going to have all of the answers. There are so many things I have yet to learn.

There are some things that I never want to learn but my journey is genuine and I live my life unapologetically. If I seem like I am a "mess," it is okay because I am not those things. There is a beauty in the realness of struggle and finding yourself.

Life is all about growth. If we knew everything there was to know and never messed up, there would be no point in living.

I am still learning and sometimes it is wonderful and other times it is a mess but I keep moving forward.

I challenge everyone to go out there and explore the world around you. Keep an open heart and an open mind, and the rest will fall into place.

Do not be scared to admit that you have no clue what you are doing because honestly anyone who says otherwise is lying.

Accept that you are still learning and that it's perfectly okay.