Personal Stories

When I {OldLifeCompleted}, I {NewLifeBeginning}.

It was {NegativeDetail}. {NegativeDetail}. {NegativeDetail}. Honestly, the whole thing was really challenging—mentally and emotionally.

{X} years later, I just {LifeAchievement}. One of the best days of my life. But the journey was tough.

Here’s what those difficult years taught me about {Topic}:

Lesson 1: {Lesson1}

Back then, I used to {PositiveHabit}.

Despite {NegativeObstacle}.

The only difference between then and now is {UnexpectedSmallDetail}.

Lesson 2: {Lesson2}

For the first few years, all I had was a {HumbleBeginning} and a {HumbleBeginning}.

Since then, I’ve {PositiveOutcome}. But can I tell you something? Those two {HumbleBeginnings} still mean more to me than anything.

I learned early on that’s really all you need.

Lesson 3: {Lesson3}

When I was first starting out, I was so determined to achieve {X} that I deprived myself of {ShortTermOutcome}.

Everyone thought I was crazy. They used to say {NegativeComment}. But, {X} years later, I had successfully become {Outcome}.

Meanwhile, a lot of people around me hadn’t moved at all.

Lesson 4: {Lesson4}

I used to be very insecure about {Weakness}.

I was ashamed that I didn’t have {Outcome}. And I didn’t {PositiveAction} because of it. It took me a long time to realize those insecurities were holding me back.

And no amount of success would fix them for me.

Lesson 5: {Lesson5}

After college, a lot of people around me said:

{WrongAdvice}

But then I’d watch them struggle to make progress in their own lives. For years, they insisted I was should be more like them. (A lot of people told me I was “missing out.”)

But a big part of success is going in a different direction.

And remember: if it was easy, everyone would do it.