Day 12: Past You

Day 12: Past You

Day number twelve, past you.

Five things your past self got through or did that you’re really glad about. A mistake you survived. A courageous start. Something you stuck with when it would have been so much easier to quit.

Write to her. Write about her. Tell her you saw her, that younger version of you, that past part of you. We’re really hard on past versions of ourselves. At least I know I am. We see what we should have known with those perfect 20/20 vision glasses on.

So today, let’s flip it. What did she get right? What did she carry? She got you here.

For years, I beat myself up over marrying my first husband and all that happened in that relationship. But you know what? So much good came from them. I got my sisters-in-law. They’re still in my life today. They’re some of the dearest people to me. I got my boys. I relocated to New York. Had I not relocated to New York, there’s so many relationships that wouldn’t be here today. I probably wouldn’t have met Michael Pine. So there was so much good.

I’m sure you have something similar too. Are you ready? We’re going to acknowledge five things about that past version of you. Here we go.