“If I could go back in time and give my 20 year old self the three best bits of advice I’ve learned, would I even listen?”
The question was posed in a podcast I listened to today about what we would tell our younger selves if we had the chance.
I started thinking about what I would tell myself 10 years ago. I tried coming up with three hard hitting pieces of advice that I could instil that would improve my trajectory, this proved quite difficult in itself. After mulling it over for about half an hour on my drive this morning, I had another realisation…
It wouldn’t matter what advice I would give, I wouldn’t listen.
The things that I believe are important right now aren’t things that I can just tell somebody and change their lives, they are things that must be lived, learned, and experienced. They have to be built on actions and failures. On trial and error. They must be read, thought, discussed and deeply understood.
Just like the things that will make the most sense to me when I’m 40 aren’t things that I can understand properly right now. I need the experience of another 10 years of life to earn the lessons that are coming.
So if I could go back, what would I say?
“You are going to mess up a lot but also succeed. You are going to get lost but also kind of found. It’s not my job to stop you from stumbling. I trust you. We are going to be okay. Just pay attention, be grateful, and when your passion gets stoked, light a big ass fire.”
Pursue your potential
Dice
Inspired Lion 
Dice that is the best entry I have read yet. And you are spot on we are all like that and continue to grow, age and learn. Enjoyed that’s very much
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Thank you very much Leanne. I think it was an important realisation for myself.
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