The 20s Yes Moments

There’s a meme trend that says: 𝘐𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 20𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 ___, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘴.

I laugh every time I see it.

Here’s my version 👇
In your 20s, someone will ask you to take a job you can’t explain - listen.

In your 20s, someone will ask you to learn an acronym-heavy skill set you’ll not sort out for years - learn.

In your 20s, someone will ask you to take a job in affordable housing and compliance - and it’s important you say yes.

It was my first job out of graduate school.
I just needed a job.
I had zero idea what HUD regulations were.
Zero understanding of how housing programs actually worked.

But somewhere deeper, I understood housing insecurity because I had lived it. That inner knowing mattered more than the job description.

What felt like a foot in a door became a calling.
What I didn’t know yet, I learned.
What I lived, I carried with me.

Sometimes the most important career decisions don’t feel strategic in the moment - they feel practical, even desperate.

But they plant roots you don’t see yet.

From homeless to housing CEO wasn’t a plan.
It was a series of yeses. And one moment where I listened.

What is your "𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 20'𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶" moment?