What advice would you now give your younger-self?
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Hello everyone , I would party less and have gone to Art college despite my mother .
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Welcome to the community, @Anderson!
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Thank you .
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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*Its all about seeing the ABILITY within the disABILITY*
*People who are different their time is coming* Tracy Turnblad - Hairspray -
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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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.
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