Why Everyone Feels Like They’re Behind Right Now

Recently, it feels as though everyone is late to their own lives. Late to stability, late to clarity, late to the version of adulthood they grew up expecting. Time itself hasn’t changed, but our relationship to it has. There’s a quiet pressure in the background — not dramatic, just a small tug that says you should have things figured out by now, even if you’re not sure what “figured out” is supposed to look like.