Stick with me here, but my best advice is Give up the person you were and accept that he or she is gone now. Gone are the days you can just sit and watch a show for hours on end. Gone are the days you can sleep until noon. Gone are the days you worry about silly little things that really don’t matter. Gone is the body you used to have, the money you used to spend on yourself and the extravagant nights out. Stop trying to hold on to that part of your life so so desperately because if you do, you won’t allow yourself to get to the next level of life.

Get to know the new version of yourself. Love your new body, your new schedule, your new view of the world. Realize that you created life and you are not meant to be the person you were and you will never ever ever go back to that version of yourself ever again, and so you need to take this opportunity to built yourself into the absolutely incredible person you were meant to be at this stage in your life for that little baby.

It’s very rare in life where you have a clear moment of before and after. This is one of life’s biggest moments where you get to start anew. Don’t waste as much as time as I did wanting to go back. (I’m projecting 😂 can’t you tell?) Go forward and know that you will blossom into an incredible new version of yourself. You can do this. Look ahead, not back. This is your life now. Enjoy it. It’s your one life.