Psychology: What I want to say to my 18 year old self

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What advice I would like to give to my 18 year old self

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As they say? You are always smarter afterwards. What would you say to the younger you if you could? These readers tell us about it.

Oh, what would it be if we had time machines and could visit our former selves to give us important advice for the future. Because hardly anyone looks back into the past and does not regret at least one thing that they have done, experienced or simply not done or not experienced. Whether it’s an illness you could have avoided, a toxic marriage, or the Abitur you never graduated from. Some things can be made up for as an adult, others are lost forever.

The colleagues from Eltern.de shared a post from “Stadt, Land, Mama” on their Facebook page and asked: If you could say one sentence to your 18 year old self – what would it be?

The response was unbelievable, more than 1000 readers told us what advice they would like to give to their former self. The answers were funny, touching, sad and encouraging. We fished you out twenty times. And at this point it should be said: It’s great that so many took part. The answers were really inspiring and moving!

What I advise my 18 year old self

Sure, we all would have liked to have known better when we were 18. On the other hand, that time was probably so exciting because we didn’t know much about life, right? A few comments make it clear: We learn from mistakes and nobody lives their life without paying apprenticeship fees. Even if it is not always easy, it depends on Buddhist wisdom “Don’t chase the past. Don’t get lost in the future. The past is no more. The future has not yet come ” definitely something to it!

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Barbara