Major cheat code for life: Be patient with yourself when you’re trying to become someone you’ve never been. You’ll feel lost, unsure, and tempted to quit. Don't. Change feels chaotic because your old self is fighting for survival. Expect it to be a battle. But also expect to win.
If babies understood embarrassment, most of them would never learn to walk or speak because of the amount of failure required to improve.
This was one of our first lessons in life but somehow, we forgot
i'm 28. Instead of regretting that I can't wake up to age 18 again, I pretend to myself that I'm 90 and I've woken up at age 28 again, and that I get to magically, wonderfully have the next 62 years again.