It’s the quiet panic of feeling stagnant while the world moves on.
You find yourself torn between a creative pursuit and a stable corporate life.
The choices seem endless—spiraling from daily to-do lists into massive monthly and annual milestones filled with mounting expenses and grand expectations. We ramble, as if everything must be set today.
To numb the noise, a reel-scrolling session is up. For one too many times, you’ve seen and cried through this trend.
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides,
Can I handle the seasons of my life?”
Landslide: On change, Codependency and Maturing
The “Landslide” song by Fleetwood Mac just became a National Anthem for the Graduating Season. This song is often associated with the themes of changing and seasonal yearnings. Resulting the audience to reflect more about their younger years, and be more appreciative on how much they’ve grown. Whether it be an achieved goal or just simply growing old with a loved one.
Landslide also resonates on the “nowness” of young adults, capturing that tough but necessary call to finally venture out on your own.
In a world that is in for a constant run and chasing, Landslide became a directive as a thoughtful pat on our backs. We took our little time to slow down, and suddenly, our world is four times bigger than we thought when we were in college.
Echoing Fleetwood Mac’s note,
But time makes you bolder, Even children get older”
As you sweat under the weight of your graduation cap, the”real world” hits all at once. There is suddenly so much more to think about.
Climb a Mountain, and I turn around: On Adapting
A restart in this economy is considered a luxury. And not everyone has that.
On choosing paths to pursue, we tend to overanalyze every aspects of factors that follows with it. The modern narrative loves a “pivot”—the romanticized idea of quitting a soul-crushing job on Monday to pursue a passion project on Tuesday.
But for majority, the runway doesn’t exist. Bills, debt, and caretaking responsibilities act as gravity.
When survival is tied directly to continuous employment, changing directions isn’t just an administrative hassle; it is a massive financial risk.
Change is constant. So Adapt.
Commitment doesn’t mean locking yourself into a room forever; it means engaging fully with your current choice until you gather enough leverage, skills, or stability to safely shift weight to the next stepping stone.
Because we cannot predict the economy or guarantee a safety net, commitment itself becomes an act of courage.
The ‘Landslide’: Navigating Multiple Crisis in the Philippines
It is easy to feel small when you are dodging systemic crises and economic pressures completely out of your control. Oil price hike, unattainable inflation, and a very sensitive senate nuance.
Yet, here you stand.
Facing this landscape as a young adult in the Philippines doesn’t mean walking a perfect, linear path—it means having the courage to anchor yourself amidst the chaos.
Be gentle with your timeline, but fierce in your resolve. You are entering a world that demands survival, but your capacity to adapt ensures that you will eventually thrive. Trust the grit that got you to the finish line, lean into the courage of your daily commitments.
Shake it because for now, you’re here.
Ang mahalaga, graduate na!
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