Daily writing prompt

What advice would you give to your teenage self?

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I started suffering from depression and anxiety in my young teens. It only snowballed on me over the years.

If I could go back, I would teach myself gratitude.

Not only did I struggle for years before finding effective mental health techniques but it turns out that most of that journey could have started with a little more positivity and less negativity.

I would have taught my teenage self how to practice gratitude through a gratitude journal. I would have encouraged my love of business. I also would have told myself to never give up on finding a medium I could use to make things that people could wear.

If I could have started mental-forward thinking when the depression started in, it may have changed my entire life.

We all have regrets in our past.

Ultimately, my life events helped build my character. I don’t wish to change who I am now. I wish I could have helped myself find a healthy path to mental wellness sooner, though.

I may have also told myself, “Put down the junk food!” Knowing myself, though, I wouldn’t have listened.