Figuring out what you would say to your younger self could help you find greater fulfillment today. Here's how.
. Here again, ask yourself whether you look back on your past with a feeling of fondness or does your high school past conjure up images of all the things you wish you had been.
The study’s findings showed that, consistent with previous research, most participants gave their younger selves advice about relationships, education, “selfhood” , money, and direction or. In turn, they also believed the pivotal events in their lives included family, death, and health problems. Consistent with the reminiscence bump, participants were also more likely to regard the pivotal event ages as occurring in their early to mid 20s but the ages varied by type of event.
The one exception was that, for negative events, there were a large number associated with the late teens. If you asked yourself how your high school self would feel about you now, then it might not surprise you that about an equal percent of the sample were proud as were those who were disappointed. It might also not surprise you to learn that most of the people who thought they would be proud of themselves also considered themselves to be following the advice they offered their younger self.
What do these findings mean for you and the advice you would give to the person you were then? The authors concluded that most people do ask themselves, at least once in a while, what they would do differently if they knew then what they know now. "However," the authors go on to note,"as any parent knows who tries to impart the life lessons they have learned to their teenage children, most of the advice we offer to our younger self has to be learned through personal experience” .
In other words, you might have regrets now about your past, but in practical terms, there was no way then you could have known what you know now. Instead, that advice falls into the category of “life lessons.” Yet there may be some value in listening to that advice now. If you wish you had spent more time with loved ones when you were younger, you can still commit to putting a higher priority on relationships moving ahead into the future.
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