Creative Burst of Energy with Lizzie!

 In Part 1 of "Advice to my Younger Self " I shared advice I would have given to my younger self, if such a thing were possible. In Part 2 of "Advice to my Younger Self" I will share answers from others, in response to the question, "What bit of advice would you give to your younger self?" I asked many people, younger and older, male and female, what advice they would give to their younger selves. The following, in random order, is an anonymous compilation of replies. Some have been slightly edited for brevity and clarity. Thank you to everyone who shared their bits of advice with me. ·          Stand up straight. ·          I would tell my younger self to hold off on committing to someone else as a life partner until I'm sure I've fulfilled a commitment to loving and discovering myself - to know what I want, be fearless in reaching for it, and strong enough to say no to what feels like someone...

ADVICE TO MY YOUNGER SELF Sometimes I wonder, if i were my own big sister, and I could offer one morsel of advice to my younger self (assuming my younger self would listen to her big-sister-self), what would I want to tell myself? To my very shy and self-conscious little kid self, I would say, “Don’t worry so much about what other people think about you. What they think about you doesn’t really matter. Just have fun being you.” I would tell my kid and teen self, “It’s okay to make mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes. No one is going to think you’re stupid if you make a mistake or if you give the wrong answer. And if they do, then so what, you can be still proud of yourself that you tried.” Apparently my young-adult self needed a lot of advice, because I couldn’t settle on just one thing I should have known. So here are three things I would want to tell my young-adult self: “Do what you know you need to do. Be proactive. Don’t keep waiting for things to change on their own. You know what ...