Posted by Kristine McKay in Question of the Week {3}
“What I wish I knew then that I know now . . .”
Awhile back I did a post on Circle journals. What is a Circle Journal? A circle journal is a mini album that is passed from one person to another. When it is completed it goes back to the origninal person . . . thus creating a circle. Usually they are based on a particular theme or question. When the album is complete it is an amazing collection of inspiration from various people that you may or may not know depending on who the album has been passed to. My desire was to create a huge on-line circle journal . When I attempted this awhile back I didn’t get as many responses as I had hoped for so I am going to try again. The question is: complete this sentence “What I wish I knew then that I know now” . I love hearing inspiring life lessons from others and I think it will be fun to post it so everyone can read it. I’d love it if you would download the template available by clicking on the post below. Ad a picture, answer the question, and take a pic or scan it and send it back. However, if that is too much work . . . PLEASE just send me a pic and answer the question and I will add it to the book. The important thing is that I want EVERYONE to respond : ) Hopefully this all makes sense. If you have any questions please let me know. Send the answers to Kristine@kmckaydesigns.com
*A winner will be randomly selected from all of the submissions. The prize this week is a $50 package of amazing We R Memory Keeper products!!! The winner (and their blog if they have one) will also be featured on my site.
I wish I had known that “everything is going to be OK” so that I would have enjoyed life more when I was younger and not worried about money, jobs, kids, etc. so much. I have a quote on my home page that helps me to remember that. It says, “Today is the tomorrow you worried about . . . was it worth it?”
i wish i would have known that i didnt have to be perfect at everything.
now i am much happier that i have imperfections. it makes me less boring!
I love what Vicki said! “Everything will be ok”, but I’d like to add, and if the “ok” isn’t YOUR definition of “ok”, you’ll find a way to adapt.
What I wish I knew then, that I know now is that the loss of a parent is devastating, but you can keep the memory alive for your children. But I also know it is a sadness that weighs heavy on me that my dad didn’t get to meet both of his grandchildren and didn’t get to watch them grow.
What I wish I had known then that I know now is …don’t take life so seriously, you’re not going to get out alive anyway…and try not to have too many “I wish I had done thats”… down the road…
I wished I knew how important it is to never take anyone for granted and to save money.
I wish I knew how quickly your childrens childhood years would pass so quickly. When you are in the moment-raising them, you do not realize that it will be tomorrow that they will be teenagers and life changes drastically at that age. It is SO important to really LIVE in the moment…don’t wish for tomorrow. Life is so much shorter than we realize. Really live! Really love! and Really laugh! and take LOTS of pictures!
I wish I knew then that I would want to be the “keeper” of my family history. I remember spending the night with my grandmother and listening to her talk about her childhood. Now I am trying to write that history by memory because she is gone. I hope I can get it right and make her proud.
I wish I would of known more about the chooses that I made when I was young and how it could make me or break me. Luckily, I still have the rest of my life to work on it and I am not broken yet.
Hi.
I just stumbled across this post. Is it closed yet? I might like to participate if it is still going on
thanks!
Yes, I’d love to have you participate! : )
I’m sure this is closed by now, but I’ve just discovered your site and wanted to reply.
I wish I would have known as a teenager, that we ALL have talents, individual and unique to us. I’ve discovered the artist/creator in myself, and I can share my creativity with others, and help them find the same in themselves. While I may not be famous, or well known, I find joy in my talents, and joy in helping others discover their own. Some have the talent of making others feel good, others, in organizing, or cooking, or speaking. A talent doesn’t have to be tangible to be valuable, sometimes those are the best and most special kind.
thanks for all your great ideas, and especially for sharing them with all of us.