Just Because You Don’t Have It Yet, Doesn’t Mean It’s Not Somewhere on Your Timeline

MJ Wynn
May 1
3 min read

Updated: May 25

Okay, real talk? 🍵 I've been sitting here tonight thinking about how waiting for good things in life feels like the most exhausting game of patience ever. You know that feeling when you order takeout and you're so hungry you swear you can hear your stomach plotting a revolution? And then you find yourself obsessively checking your phone like "Did my driver get lost in a parallel universe?" Yeah, that's been my whole life mood lately.

✨ It hit me today - we're all just watching these little dots move across our life's delivery app, aren't we? Wondering why our dreams seem to be taking the scenic route through every possible detour. Sometimes it feels like your biggest hopes are stuck in eternal "out for delivery" status, and you're just... waiting. Existing. Refreshing the page for the millionth time.

The Timeline Is Real, Even If You Can't See It 🌟

Here's what I've learned (usually at 3 AM while overthinking everything): We're all expecting life to work like same-day delivery when it's actually more like that package that goes on a cross-country adventure before reaching you. Sometimes it gets lost. Sometimes it ends up in weird places. And yes, sometimes it says "delivery attempted" when you KNOW you've been home all day in your comfy pants, waiting.

But you know what? Maybe - just maybe - there's something beautiful about this mess. 🌱 Your dream job might be stuck in transit because you're still becoming the person who can handle it. That soulmate you're waiting for? They might be going through their own character development arc right now. (Let's be honest, we've all needed some of that.)

Your dream job might be stuck in transit because you're still becoming the person who can handle it.

When Your Timeline Feels Like It's Running on Internet Explorer 💭

I catch myself doing it too - scrolling through Instagram, watching everyone else's highlight reel while I'm here having cereal for dinner (again) and wondering if I missed some cosmic memo about having life figured out by now. But can we just pause and be real for a second? Everyone's story is messy behind the filters. Everyone.

Life isn't a synchronized swimming event, you know? 🌊 Some of us bloom early, some of us are late bloomers, and some of us are still trying to figure out what kind of flower we even want to be. And that's... actually okay? My friend found her dream job at 23, while I'm here at 34 still occasionally Googling "what should I do with my life?" (No shame in the game.)

Everyone's story is messy behind the filters. Everyone.

Trust the Process (Even When It Feels Like the Process Is Lost) 🌈

Look, I won't feed you that Pinterest-perfect "everything happens for a reason" line. But I will say this: while you're waiting, life is still happening. You're collecting stories. Making mistakes. Learning which friends will actually help you move apartments and which ones mysteriously develop back problems that day. Every awkward date, every failed project, every "what was I thinking?" moment - it's all part of your story.

Meanwhile? We keep going. We try new hobbies. We binge-watch entire series in concerning timeframes. We text our friends random memes at midnight. We dance in our kitchen. We cry in our car. We figure it out as we go. Because one day - and this I believe with my whole heart - we'll look back and realize that even the waiting was part of the magic. ✨