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11 of My Biggest 2022 Life Lessons

Sylvie
7 min readFeb 12, 2023
A picture of a hand holding a stick with glittering light at the end; like a tiny fireworks matchstick, to symbolize the light bulb lessons from 2022
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1. Put Yourself First

Choosing yourself isn’t selfish.

Instead, it allows you to build yourself and be whole and grounded to have enough energy — physically & psychologically — to navigate fulfilling expectations from yourself and others. But if you don’t, you’ll forget about yourself, and one day when you lift your head from the sand, you’ll feel lost, you’ll realize you’ve been living for others and have no idea who you are, and you’ll have to start from square 1 to find yourself.

But only when you’re full can you have the capacity and abundance to help yourself and others.

As Oprah rightly puts it, “You need something that gives back and nourishes you; your №1 job is to fill your cup and make yourself whole. You’ll be full, so your cup runneth over, and have enough to give yourself and to other people. If you don’t fill your cup, you’ll end up empty, dried up, tired & exhausted, without enough to give, and resentful every time someone asks you because your cup is empty and now they want some of yours.”

2. Sometimes “no” Is a Complete Sentence.

3. The Power of the Compounding Effect

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Sylvie
Sylvie

Written by Sylvie

I see extra in the ordinary & use words to paint it; fueled by a quest for mental health. Lover of forests, fitness, nature, good food & reading & a coffee snob