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Written By: LANISHA PORTER Written: September 29, 2024 Published: February 27, 2025  So much about you is established here. It sets the backdrop for who you become here on out ... Your twenties are great because it is the span of your life that cascades into the rest of your life. So much about you is established here. It sets the backdrop for who you become from here on out: who you will marry, what career path you’ll choose, where you will live, who will fortify as your tribe, and so forth. Although, on the contrary, it can be scary when you are closer to exiting your twenties and remain vexed about any of the aforementioned. It can feel like: I’ve seemingly lived long enough to know these things, but unfortunately, I do not. Maybe you were on track with a plan, but then it got railroaded onto a path so unfamiliar to where you hoped to be; that relationship didn’t formalize into marriage, your upward trajectory at work suddenly fell into a spiral, or that death tore through your heart with a pain you could never imagine; whatever the case… you know for sure it put a wrinkle in your plans—making your twenties feel anything other than great. As I enjoy the final months of my twenties, there are a few things I mourn & recover from. Mainly, my age finally catching up with maturity. Throughout all my early adulthood, it was not rare for me to be the youngest person in the professional spaces I occupied. However, my maturity often camouflaged my inexperience, tugging people to disbelief when they learned my real age. I’ll miss getting that reaction; because an age like 30-anything suggests that you should (finally) be as mature as your age suggests. No more free points for me. Bwahahahaa. If it’s meant to be, it cannot be escaped.
...living isn’t about finding peace while you figure it out—it’s having peace that it’s already figured out. There is a divine appointment that cannot be moved, shaken, or undone by circumstance. Actually, it is the most unsuspecting circumstances that put us on a path tracking toward destiny. I’ve come to believe this deeply by way of my very dreams sent by God. I interpret dreams as the place our spirits transcend to conference with God and His angels about what is to come or what is already looming beneath the surface undetected. More often than not, living isn’t about finding peace while you figure it out—it’s having peace that it’s already figured out; and some dreams have allowed me to see it’s already been decided. You just have to live your way into it with your best self in tow. Often, in the face of my greatest disappointments, I had to ask myself, “What can Lanisha do right now that’s in my control while all of this is spinning into chaos?”
My resolve would always be: Well, there’s no point in being disheartened and broke—so let’s get up and make some money. There’s also no shock in your testimony if you look like what you’ve been through, so let’s get up and work out. It’s going to happen for you. A large qualifier is just trusting that it will. Your ability to believe is like sending a confirmation code out into the atmosphere, and letting God know you surrender to however He’s going to deliver it. Do what you can, hold off on the worrying... That's my guide to navigating your turbulent twenties.
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