3 things I would tell my younger self 💫

Yesterday, I visited my parents for Easter, and while I was sitting with my mom, I asked her this question: what piece of advice would you give younger self?

She thought for a moment, and she said, “I would tell myself to just go after the things I truly wanted and to not let fear hold me back.”

So that got me thinking 🤔 …what piece of advice would I give my younger self? And what advice should I absolutely still be listening to right now…

🌈You are responsible for your own happiness. Joy wont come from someone else, or a job, an perfect body, or a big life event. Happiness is choice you make each and every day. You can choose to see the beauty in the world and in yourself right now, or you can choose to go through this life missing it.

✨ALWAYS trust your intuition. I still struggle with this one, because there’s always an excuse or a rationalization hidden around every corner, but my intuition is always spot on. I can feel If something or someone’s energy is for me or if it’s not fairly quickly. I need to lean into that feeling and trust it. Intuition is a powerful gift, and it shouldn’t be ignored.

📍Last but not least, there is no “there” there. I always waited for adulthood, as if it is some event that takes place. As if I were going to cross a bridge and suddenly have an enlightened perspective, where everything makes sense and life is as it should be… and I’m still waiting. Because there is no there there. I was waiting to be married to fit into a certain box, but then I didn’t fit. I was waiting to find a career after dancing, but I’m still navigating what that looks like. I spent so much time thinking there was a destination that would make it all click for me…. And there isn’t. I’m happy. I’m healthy. I love my life. But I haven’t arrived… I don’t have it figured out. I haven’t cracked the code. And for me at least, I have a feeling I never will. For me, life is always going to feel like more to take on and more to discover. More life leads me to more questions and curiosity and passion, not to a feeling of … I made it. So I would tell my younger self to live NOW, because this is it. Your life is happening right now. It doesn’t start once you ____. It’s passing you by right now.

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