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[personal profile] norah - Top five things you would tell your 25-year-old self

I've been thinking about this for days. Here, from the perspective of 58, is my advice for my younger self:

5. Yoga. You've been intrigued by it since you bought that album at a yard sale when you were ten -- go try it. You're going to love it. It's going to heal you of so much gym class damage.

4. Do not take the job with the Space Alien. You're lucky enough to have no defenses against abusive relationships, and she will break you. If you ignore me and take the job with the Space Alien, get therapy, because you're going to need it.

3. Just because you can write doesn't mean your job has to be writing. You do have other skills.

2. You can have things done exactly the way you would do them, or you can have them done by someone other than you. Get over this insistence on having other people do things your way.

1. You don't need to lose any weight. You will harm yourself trying.




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Date: 12/8/22 02:16 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] james
Top 5 places in the past you would like to visit.
Top 5 places in the present you would like to visit.

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Date: 12/8/22 02:29 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] storiesforsorries
Wow yes to number 1 and 2, I feel those. Thanks for sharing

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Date: 12/8/22 02:45 am (UTC)
libitina: Wei Yingluo from Story of Yanxi Palace in full fancy costume holding a gaiwan and sipping tea (Default)
From: [personal profile] libitina
These are so important. I've often tried to explain 2 to people, and it's like words just lose meaning in the face of the concept.

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Date: 12/8/22 03:40 am (UTC)
mergatrude: a skein, a ball and a swatch of home spun and dyed blue yarn (Default)
From: [personal profile] mergatrude
*hugs 25 yo you* (even if I would be equally stern with my younger self, and ditto on the yoga!)

It makes me want to ask you what five complements/encouragements would you give your young self.

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Date: 12/8/22 06:36 am (UTC)
china_shop: Close-up of Zhao Yunlan grinning (Default)
From: [personal profile] china_shop
2. You can have things done exactly the way you would do them, or you can have them done by someone other than you. Get over this insistence on having other people do things your way.

Hee! This is a good lesson. I should try to take it to heart. ;-)

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Date: 12/8/22 01:17 pm (UTC)
norah: Monkey King in challenging pose (Default)
From: [personal profile] norah
Thank you!!! Those are for sure some hard-earned lessons, and big wisdom.

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Date: 12/8/22 02:10 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] lunabee34
*nods nods*

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Date: 12/9/22 10:37 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] lunabee34
Oh my gosh yes!

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Date: 12/8/22 03:13 pm (UTC)
via_ostiense: Eun Chan eating, yellow background (Default)
From: [personal profile] via_ostiense
#2 is such a valuable lesson

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Date: 12/8/22 03:26 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] nnozomi
...1 and 2 both are probably good advice for my right-now 45-year-old self, oh dear. Thank you for putting them into words.

But you've created a workaround

Date: 12/22/22 04:46 pm (UTC)
jesse_the_k: White bowl of homemade chicken soup, hold the noodles (chicken soup)
From: [personal profile] jesse_the_k

By sharing your experiences with us. All of these speak to me today, and would have saved 25-year-old me much angst.

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Date: 12/9/22 03:56 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] adafrog
:)

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