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Patrick Muindi's avatar

I enjoyed this, Mansi. Thanks for this compilation. Very insightful and refreshing contributions. Also love your inclusion of last year's wisdom. I'll certainly be coming back to these. Happy birthday, once again!

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Mansi Kwatra's avatar

Thank you Patrick!

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Carmen Luisa's avatar

Happy belated birthday, Mansi! SO many wise words and a beautiful collection of wisdom, thank you for including me! ❤️

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Mansi Kwatra's avatar

Thank you for being a part of this journey Carmen!

I appreciate you so much.🥰

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Elin Petronella's avatar

Beautiful! I think this list will age very well ❣️

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Mansi Kwatra's avatar

Thank you Elin!

I am so glad you are a part of it♥️

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Caitlin Gemmell's avatar

This is so interesting because we often think of what advice our current selves would give our younger selves if we could share, but we don't often hear people talking about what advice younger us would have for current us. I actually just wrote a post about this that's scheduled to go out next week. I think younger me would tell current me to seek magic and know my power. I was more confident when I was younger. More sure of myself. Some hard life situations contributed to the erosion of my self-esteem. When "visiting" with younger me, I realize I need to let go of stress and trust that everything will be okay. She was so full of trust and was the most optimistic of individuals. I'd like to gain some of that back.

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Mansi Kwatra's avatar

Caitlin, I relate with you so much. I think the world is such a challenging place to navigate and it is easy to lose ourselves in this chaos. You advice is a reminder to hold on to strength and optimism as we age. I love that!

Thank you for contributing. I hope you come back to this post whenever you feel the need to be reminded of this again✨

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Mohika Mudgal's avatar

Dear Mansi, this post has wisdom of a many lifetimes. I'm so grateful to you for giving me the chance to be here with you 💓

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Mansi Kwatra's avatar

Thank you for contributing Mo!

Absolutely loved your advic to your future self✨

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Mika's avatar

What a beautiful collection of encouraging words. Love it so much!

Thanks for letting me be part of it and Happy 25th. 🎂

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Mansi Kwatra's avatar

Thank you so much for contributing last year as well as this year!🥰

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Donna McArthur's avatar

Mansi this is brilliant! The wisdom in this piece is amazing (thank you so much for including me). I love the idea of having something like this to turn to when you (we) need comfort.

Your opening words about turning to what is familiar when things feel unstable really hit home as that's what I find myself doing over and over but I hadn't really thought about it in that frame before.

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Mansi Kwatra's avatar

Thank you for your contribution Donna.

I always wondered why I have this habit of revisiting things that used to bring me joy. Over time, I realised that I do this whenever uncertainty looms in my life. I'm so happy to find someone engaging in the same thing when surrounded by uncertainty. It is so comforting💕

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Emily Male's avatar

It was such a pleasure to contribute to your beautiful Birthday post 🎁 Some beautiful words, wishes, hopes and advice for the future are offered here from some wonderful voices. Thank you so much for sharing this and putting it together for everyone, Happy Birthday dear Mansi 🙏🎈💕

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Mansi Kwatra's avatar

Thank you so much Emily!💛

I was beyond excited when so many people decided to contribute. Happy to finally put this piece out there in the world.

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Tinashe D. Ndhlovu's avatar

A heartfelt and introspective piece that beautifully blends personal wisdom with collective reflection. Your idea of a digital time capsule is both creative and comforting, offering timeless reminders for navigating life’s uncertainties. It’s an inspiring read that encourages self-connection, mindfulness, and community. Thank you for the invitation, definitely one I will revisit.

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Mansi Kwatra's avatar

Thank you so much for contributing Tinashe! I hope that we are reminded of this post when we need it the most in the future.✨

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Heather Hoskison's avatar

Saved. 😊

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Nabila's avatar

Loved this so much

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Nabila's avatar

I’d tell myself: live fully, don’t let the days pass you by just existing. Live in the good, bad and not-so great days. This life is yours, seize it.

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Mansi Kwatra's avatar

Love this advice Nabila!

It's so important to 'live', not just exist.✨

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Karin D.B's avatar

Your work truly resonates with me right now. it’s profoundly beautiful and deeply moving.

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Mansi Kwatra's avatar

Thank you Karin🥹

Made my day!

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Karin D.B's avatar

🫶🏻🫶🏻

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Niall McGivern's avatar

Happy birthday again Mansi!! I’ve been struggling to find my writing flow since starting back in the corporate world, so when I received your message to contribute, it made me smile! Reminds me to keep going with what I’m doing

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