I have accepted that I belong to the generation of lost. It's not that we have lost something which was a major part of our essence. It's just we tend to make everything about our lives about the things that we don't have or won't have or lost.

I have heard news anchor, movies say that we are the future, well then future is lost as well. We care about what others are thinking while they look at us, we care about trends more than routine, we care about how we look rather than who we are. And we care about what we eat rather than the taste of what we are eating.

I am calling myself and my entire generation lost because we don't know where we are going, what is people expecting from us and what's the purpose of any of the things which we have done uptill now.

Maybe I m exaggerating things a bit. Some might say that this is something which has always been there. No generation have skipped this, but honestly I don't think so. We are scared of finding love, Finding friends, or even finding ourselves for that matter. We are just waiting for either someone to drag us or give the direction of how to live our lives on google or instagram or reddit.

I saw this post on reddit which was about 18 year old wanting to have an affair with someone just because she wasn't feeling the spark in her love life. I mean how lost are we? We want someone else to make us realise that the relationship we are in, isn't the one for us.

I never miss a chance to try food at different places, it's the adventure which makes me sane. But I m scared of talking to people, people who don't even know who I m because what if they don't like me? And worst of it all is. You tried. It didn't go according to plan. We tend to assume there is something wrong with us. Maybe we are not the type of people who can talk to strangers or make friends on the road. We tend to derail from the road, and end up being lost.

Our generation loves exploration, adventure, thrillers, anything which would just distract us from reality, and then we say to ourselves, it's those things which really gives purpose to our lives. Well. Maybe. But then again if you have found purpose of your life, then why are you still getting lost in the societal norms and roles which you are suppose to play?

I don't know if you are still reading this or not. But if you are. You are judging me for being too critical about everything and I m taking everything too seriously. And maybe you are right. But if you aren't feeling that. And if you are still waiting for me to try to solve the problem which I have been addressing in the entire whatever this is, then you are again finding someone else to give you the way. I can't find the path for you.

But I will give you some crazy roads which I have taken and which has atleast helped me a little so far. Again. I m still lost. But I m just trying to make you try to find your way out of this.So here what helps me :

hoping that the craziest idea of how my life can turn out to be after 5 years turns true. - It generally helps me have some future plans. It doesn't have to be fulfilled for sure. But it's worth having crazy ideas.

Preparing for the worst thing that can happen to my life within 3 years - It keeps me on check. Makes sure that I ain't day dreaming. Reality check is important but only when you are thinking about it yourself.

Doing what I can in my life for the present - You are dreaming, which means you have a goal, you are scared because you are preparing for the worst thing, so what would really help you is living the day by the hour. It will starve you for finding your path but it will make you appreciate the things which we don't.

Stop pushing people who care for you away - I m just scared of getting hurt by my own expectation of what I want from people who care for me. I started out with a group of friends in 12th. And now I m talking to 3. And close to almost none. It doesn't feel worth realising what you want or getting it without them. ( I kind of realised this after watching something but it is worth mentioning)

I m still lost. I am no where close to finding out what I want out of this life. But well. I m aware of that. Be aware and acknowledge your truth. If you are gonna run away from that as well then you will never find it. I didn't, because I was at the wrong place. So maybe, just maybe I m writing this so that someone who has made it this far and is still reading this, knows that they aren't alone in this. I m here with you. Just as lost as you are. Because alas, we are the lost generation.