Notes to our Younger Selves
People often ask “what would you tell your younger self?”
It’s kind of a sad question because the answers usually feel…final, as if that person is gone. That this girl isn’t me.
But guess what? She’s with me now and I can tell her now. And I wouldn’t be the person I am if she wasn’t who she was. So instead of telling her she SHOULD have done this or that, I think she deserves to hear, “Thank you.”
Thank you for surviving, thank you for hoping, for laughing, for being what nobody else can be - me. You got me here and I’ll keep building on the legacy you started. And to borrow a line from Ted Lasso, be a goldfish. Forgive yourself more and just keep trying.
We live in a world SO hyper focused on comparison, on success, on numbers of likes…sell sell sell! It’s exhausting and it robs us of a lot of joy in everyday life. And it shapes how we view ourselves. But it shouldn’t.
I think what so many of us need is healing of the younger versions of ourselves, who aren’t gone at all. One day this current version of me will be the younger me. And I hope the older me is kind to me, and knows I’m doing my best.
You’ve always got something worth being appreciated for, that nobody else can bring to this world - you
What do you tell your younger you?
