your 20s are not a race
@lexie
Lexie Lombard
4.8 • 906 Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Debunking the timeline pressure. Turning 29 has me reflecting on all the unspoken (and very spoken) pressures of where we’re supposed to be by now. The career milestones, relationship expectations, financial goals—who made these rules, and why do we feel like failures if we don’t hit them "on time"? In this episode, we’re breaking down the illusion of a universal timeline, the comparison trap of social media, and why moving at your own pace is the ultimate power move. If you've ever felt behind in life, this one’s for you. Let’s redefine success on our own terms. xoxo, Lexie
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello everybody. I'm Lexi Lombard, your host of the Lexi Podcast, and thank you for |
| 0:09.1 | tuning in to today's episode. It has seemed that there is an overwhelming amount of fear in my |
| 0:15.0 | audience, in my peers, in just the general girl, guy, whoever, in their late teens, 20s to have it all figured out. |
| 0:24.4 | You spend middle school getting prepped for high school and then high school, prepped for |
| 0:28.4 | college and college, prep for the real world and then the real world, prepped for the more |
| 0:33.3 | real version of said real world to what, spend the whole time in fear? Uh-uh. Uh-uh. I just turned 29 over the weekend. I'm one year away from 30. Could not be more excited. As someone who doesn't have any stress about aging, if anything, I'm really looking forward to it. I figured I would share my two cents. In addition to that, I did ask around. |
| 0:55.9 | I phoned a friend for maybe five or six of my friends in their 30s, 40s, and then a couple |
| 1:03.2 | family members in their 50s and 60s. And you know what? Sneak peek. As for my family members, |
| 1:08.6 | by and large, it seemed like 40s were the most fun. Same thing. |
| 1:11.9 | Asked another friend of mine. He's in his 50s. He said by far 40s most fun. And that gives me a lot |
| 1:19.0 | of peace. Quick little life update. I want to say thank you to any of my friends that are listening |
| 1:24.4 | to this episode that were a part of throwing my birthday over the weekend. |
| 1:28.0 | You guys truly made it so special. I swear I have some of the most thoughtful friends in the entire world. |
| 1:35.1 | One of my best friends, basically family at this point, known each other since we were four, came over, decorated the house while I was in the shower. |
| 1:42.2 | I come out. There's a banner with photos of me from |
| 1:44.9 | all last year. There's photos of me and spoon and texts all over the house. My bestian roommate |
| 1:52.8 | takes me to the Puma offices to get swagged out and then take me to Rolling Loud over the weekend. |
| 1:59.4 | Two of my other friends come the day of my birthday |
| 2:02.0 | cake in hand that says for the best person you've ever met, come on, make my head a little bigger, |
| 2:08.3 | huh? Two giant bunny balloons and napkins with strawberries all over them, like just all things Lexi. |
| 2:16.7 | And it made me feel incredibly seen. Even down to one of my |
| 2:20.1 | best friends is really, really talented at drawing. And one of his favorite things to do for a Christmas |
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