Your Life

Where have you been?

“Today is the oldest you’ve ever been, and the youngest you’ll ever be again.” ”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Ever randomly think of where you’ve been in your life? How about people you’ve known over the years, all of the, ”most amazing dinners ever,” or the countless all-nighters? And what about the pictures living behind plastic sheets in a book, in the digital abyss or those disposable cameras having yet be developed sitting in a box? So many memories, moments, celebrations, winnings, losses, beginnings and so many endings. Take some time to look through photos from any phase of your life or read old cards and letters. Hopefully, you gain a new perspective of how much you mean to people and how your life has touched others over the years. Keep being you and navigating your way through life, it’s gotten you this far.

Photo by: Roman Kraft @romankraft

Archive of Achievements

Photo by: Isaac Smith @issacmsmith

Achievements large and small are deserving of acknowledgement. Today is for creating a timeline of events from as far back as you can remember consisting of new experiences, achievements, promotions, awards and tough lessons learned through major losses. The lessons through losses are probably the most ingrained memories since the ego and confidence took a hit before they were ever realized. You are granted permission to spend some time on self recognition for the events or moments you’re proud of surviving. If it helps, make a rough list of anything that comes to mind and put a year or age next to it to get started. Take a few days as it may take that long for memories to surface. Once you’re content with the list of achievements and experiences, put them in chronological order. Save the list and revisit it in those difficult moments so you can see how far you’ve come and then add this one to the list. Maybe this is the push or hard shove you needed to write that memoir you’ve been mentally writing for years. Cheers to you and all you’ve grown through in your life, keep going.

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For a lighthearted read about life lessons, check out “Little Joni’s Life Lesson,” by Joni Myers, available on Amazon. Hint, if you’re from the east coast you can try and guess where Joni grew up from the various “clues” throughout the book. This is a great book to add to your summer reading list that will have you laughing on the beach.

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Photo by: Sarah Derweilen @sarahdorweiler

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