The Sooner You Know, The Better: Dear Teens and Twentysomethings, It's Time to Fully Face Your Fears About the Future & Embrace Who You Are

I choose to believe that there is no “best time of life.” Your whole life can be beautiful if you choose to make it that way.

I’ve learned that a good public speaker conveys their personal story in a way that doesn’t make them the main character; it makes their listeners the main character. You want the audience to see themselves in your story.

Many people spend their entire lives inside of self-drawn, confining circles, deciding there is no escape. We do so because we think we can’t leave them, when we 100 percent can,

if you’re scared now, you’ll probably be scared in the future, too. You’ll be just as scared at thirty as you are at twenty. If anything, you’ll be more scared. Waiting is not serving you.

if I never tried, I figured I’d never fail.

Some brains just simply do not function like yours. Therefore, with the neurological wiring and mental functions they were born with, they truly can’t access certain pieces of the brain that you can and are simply doing their best with the biology they received at birth and so are you.

If you are in high school, college, a limbo in-between stage, or just trying to get by at the moment and simply aren’t having a good time, it’s natural. Once again, you are not doing it wrong; you’re just dealing with the cards you’ve been dealt. Don’t compare this stage of your life to anyone else’s.

We must become present and understanding of what actions will be in our own best interest in this moment.

Just because someone else’s flower has already started to bloom, doesn’t mean yours won’t. It just means you’re a different flower. Plain and simple. Keep being resilient, watering yourself, surrounding yourself with nutrient-rich experiences and people, and remember that everyone’s plant grows differently and not to mention was dropped in differen