{"id":8655,"date":"2022-08-26T11:35:14","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T15:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cibufm\/?p=8655"},"modified":"2022-08-26T22:11:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T02:11:03","slug":"20-things-id-tell-20-year-old-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cibufm\/blogs\/2022\/08\/20-things-id-tell-20-year-old-me\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Things I&#8217;d Tell 20 Year Old Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"556\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8660\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2022\/08\/8586bbce-d70624b3-056b-436a-8149-a6d5ed7f14fe-695x556.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2022\/08\/8586bbce-d70624b3-056b-436a-8149-a6d5ed7f14fe-695x556.jpg 695w, https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2022\/08\/8586bbce-d70624b3-056b-436a-8149-a6d5ed7f14fe-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/>\u201cNow and then it&#8217;s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.\u201d<br \/>\n~ Guillaume Apollinaire<\/p>\n<p>A list popped up in my Facebook memories recently. As I recall, I found it somewhere online a few years ago and used it as a blueprint to make one that felt a little more like me. I believe that a person needs to be careful with their regrets, but they can be useful if you use them as a tool to be better, do better and not just as a stick to hit yourself with.<\/p>\n<p>I definitely have a few regrets but I try to be cautious with them because I love where I am in life right now and the path I took, including some of the rough patches, is what got me here.<\/p>\n<p>With that, here\u2019s my updated 2022 list of \u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>20 Things I\u2019d Tell 20 Year Old Me<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Spend your time wisely \u2026 that might mean having a nap.<br \/>\n2. Talk less, smile more.<br \/>\n3. Be where you are.<br \/>\n4. Be kind.<br \/>\n5. If you want to be happy, do something for someone else.<br \/>\n6. No one knows everything. Literally everyone is faking it, just like you.<br \/>\n7. Fall in love with your best friend.<br \/>\n8. Go outside and play!<br \/>\n9. Laugh, as often as you can.<br \/>\n10. Life\u2019s not fair. Left foot, right foot.<br \/>\n11. Your value doesn\u2019t decrease based on someone else&#8217;s inability to see your worth.<br \/>\n12. Music \u2026 make it, listen to it, love it.<br \/>\n13. Save some money.<br \/>\n14. Run, but take care of your knees, you\u2019ll miss them when they\u2019re gone.<br \/>\n15. Breathe.<br \/>\n16. Collect experiences not stuff.<br \/>\n17. You can\u2019t protect yourself from sadness, without also protecting yourself from happiness. Sometimes you\u2019ll just have to go for it.<br \/>\n18. I want to tell you to stop worrying but I know you won\u2019t so find someone great you can talk too.<br \/>\n19. Forgive \u2026 others yes, but also yourself.<br \/>\n20. Eat a salad.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s something you&#8217;d like to tell your 20 year old self?<\/p>\n<p>A few images to wrap this week. This is me trying to be in the moment by enjoying the simple beauty of sail boats on the lake in Bayfield and Goderich.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"556\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8656\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2022\/08\/IMG_7394-695x556.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2022\/08\/IMG_7394-695x556.jpg 695w, https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2022\/08\/IMG_7394-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/>&#8220;Just a dream and the wind to carry me and soon I will be free&#8221; ~ Carter Burwell (Sailing &#8211; C. Cross)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"556\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8658\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2022\/08\/b4dfc370-img_7403-695x556.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2022\/08\/b4dfc370-img_7403-695x556.jpg 695w, https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2022\/08\/b4dfc370-img_7403-768x615.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"556\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8659\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2022\/08\/04fc2109-img_7404-695x556.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2022\/08\/04fc2109-img_7404-695x556.jpg 695w, https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2022\/08\/04fc2109-img_7404-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cNow and then it&#8217;s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.\u201d ~ Guillaume Apollinaire A list popped up in my Facebook memories recently. 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