{"id":6425,"date":"2019-07-01T20:21:54","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T00:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashleycaron.com\/personal-development\/?p=6425"},"modified":"2019-07-01T20:21:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T00:21:54","slug":"advice-to-my-younger-self-or-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ashleycaron.com\/personal-development\/advice-to-my-younger-self-or-anyone\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Important Advice I&#8217;d Give to My Younger Self (or Anyone)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6425\" class=\"elementor elementor-6425\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fca5a29 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fca5a29\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dedbdef\" data-id=\"dedbdef\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b81958c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b81958c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A lot of people say we shouldn\u2019t look back in life, that we\u2019re wasting time if we do.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61297b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61297b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While we definitely don\u2019t want to live in our past, there\u2019s so much value in looking back. We get to see how far we\u2019ve come, how much we\u2019ve been through, how much we\u2019ve learned.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4582345 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4582345\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the video below I share the most important advice I\u2019d give to my younger self, my twenty year old self.<\/p><p>My life was overflowing with anxiety and uncertainty at twenty years old. Every time I thought about my future I would become paralyzed with fear.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>I knew I had potential.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>I knew I wanted a life different from the ones around me.<\/p><p>I knew I could do so much more with my life than just work and party.<\/p><p>But the fear I felt made me feel trapped.<\/p><p>So I did what so many of us do-<\/p><p>I ignored it.<\/p><p>I turned to tv, alcohol, men and partying to avoid the fear and uncertainty.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a4ef9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a4ef9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Which is why the most important advice I\u2019d give to my younger self has to do with embracing that fear, leaning in to that uncertainty.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd9b7f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd9b7f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yes, it\u2019s scary.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>But it\u2019s not as scary as being stuck.<\/p><p>It\u2019s not as scary as never honoring our potential.<\/p><p>It\u2019s not as scary as never knowing what would happened if we just try.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-065e683 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"065e683\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our experiences can be our greatest teachers.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3efeaaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3efeaaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>And we can find wisdom in even the worst circumstances if we pause to reflect on what we\u2019ve been through.<\/p><p>So watch the video below. And then let me know about the advice you\u2019d give to your younger self. You never know who might be inspired by your life\u2019s wisdom.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dda93a elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"7dda93a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/jzL0YxRnmd4&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of people say we shouldn\u2019t look back in life, that we\u2019re wasting time if we do. While we definitely don\u2019t want to live in our past, there\u2019s so much value in looking back. We get to see how far we\u2019ve come, how much we\u2019ve been through, how much we\u2019ve learned. 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