{"id":14607,"date":"2021-05-11T14:10:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T18:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/?p=14607"},"modified":"2021-05-11T14:11:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T18:11:50","slug":"the-view-from-here-dear-younger-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/blogs\/afternoons\/2021\/05\/the-view-from-here-dear-younger-me\/","title":{"rendered":"The View From Here &#8211; Dear Younger Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What words of wisdom would you pass on to your younger self?<\/p>\n<p>Melissa McCarthy just shared a letter she wrote to her younger self and it&#8217;s getting applause from women, celebrities included, all over the world.\u00a0 \u00a0She wrote a list of advice for future self, sharing the importance of what really matters.\u00a0 Love.\u00a0 Acceptance.\u00a0 Family.\u00a0 And cookies and shoes.\u00a0 (smile)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14616 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2021\/05\/652c4742-letter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"594\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t even know where I would start.<\/p>\n<p>Dear younger me &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stop looking at your flaws and love your reflection.\u00a0 Your ears aren&#8217;t nearly as big as you think they are.\u00a0 (smile)\u00a0 I used to hate my ears.\u00a0 I always had braids or pigtails and I always felt my ears were sticking out and I always tried to hide them.<\/li>\n<li>Trust your instincts.\u00a0 \u00a0If it feels wrong, don&#8217;t do it.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t bury your feelings and don&#8217;t be afraid to ask for help.\u00a0 Some loads are too heavy to carry on your own.<\/li>\n<li>You don&#8217;t have to be liked by everyone.\u00a0 Stop trying so hard.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s not your fault.\u00a0 Stop making excuses for that situation and blaming yourself.<\/li>\n<li>Get in the picture.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t wait til you&#8217;re thinner, prettier, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Tell your mom you love her, you appreciate her, and want to be just like her.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What will your letter look like?\u00a0 What do you wish you knew then?\u00a0 What do you wish someone had told YOU?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:cbuchanan@blackburnradio.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cbuchanan@blackburnradio.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What words of wisdom would you pass on to your younger self? Melissa McCarthy just shared a letter she wrote to her younger self and it&#8217;s getting applause from women, celebrities included, all over the world.\u00a0 \u00a0She wrote a list of advice for future self, sharing the importance of what really matters.\u00a0 Love.\u00a0 Acceptance.\u00a0 Family.\u00a0","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":14608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[4793,4108,4768,4795,4794],"class_list":["post-14607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afternoons","tag-melissa-mccarthy","tag-self-esteem","tag-self-love","tag-wisdom","tag-younger-me"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-19 02:33:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/foxfm.com\/blogs\/afternoons\/2021\/05\/the-view-from-here-dear-younger-me\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14607"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14617,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14607\/revisions\/14617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}