what would your twenties self think of the deal you made?
there's a version of you from years ago who had very clear ideas about how things should go. they didn't know everything, but they knew what mattered to them. what would they make of this.
every day there's one live question, the same for everyone. answer it anonymously, see what other people said. it's all gone in seven days.
answer today's question →try to remember yourself at twenty or twenty-something. what did you care about then. what did you swear you'd never compromise on. write those things down. now look at your life as it is. where did you keep the promise. where didn't you. write a short letter from that younger self to you now. let them be honest, even if it stings. then write back. explain the deal you made. not to justify it, but to understand it yourself. sometimes the younger version is naive, and sometimes they're the only one still telling the truth.
- write the deal out plainly. what you gave up, what you got, and whether it was worth it.
- imagine your younger self walking through your current life for a day. what surprises them.
- ask yourself which compromises were growth and which were surrender.
for anyone who sometimes hears a younger version of themselves asking questions they'd rather not answer.