What advice would you now give your younger-self?

Anderson

Hello everyone , I would party less and have gone to Art college despite my mother .

Pippa_Alumni

Welcome to the community, @Anderson!

Anderson

Thank you .

AmyVW

My advice would be -

•  Being 'normal' is underated 
• You will have friends, you will make friends and those friendships will last
• You will do well in education
• you will find your place in the world
• You will go to university and get a degree
• You just need to patient and in time you will be able to make some amazing memories
• You will explore the world, not just be stuck in your town
• You will get a job 
• Seeing the world in a different way is amazing 
• You might be rubbish a playing sports or riding bike but you can speak in front of a large audience
• You arent the only one who has dyspraxia
• You will have the most amazing life - travelling to meet some very famous friends, meeting new friends, gaining a degree, Chair of an award wining  social enterprise and attend the Royal Wedding

I mean some days I think how am I still going but I look back to how far I have came in 26 years and all the things i have achieved.

Amy 

Sue52

Hello eveyone , not been on here for a while due to personal circumstances. 
The advice I would give to my younger self ( I have sero negative arthritis, osteoporosis. 
Do not knock yourself out in a job that pays good money but takes everything out of you.......... Take a role that you can easily cope with. Take things easy on yourself 
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DylanEvans

Prioritise. I spent a lot of time trying to maintain the status quo (walking, mostly) to the detriment of my quality of life. Also spent a lot of energy trying to do silly things like laundry independently when there was no need.

For other people, walking or doing the laundry might be really important. I just try to think about what is actually important to me when my disabilities prevent me from doing it all, rather than maintaining a suboptimal status quo.