Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 3:39
#TellYourStory | The one thing I wish I had done more of when growing up...I wish I was more…
I would have done more plays. I would have went more places. I would have seen more things. I would have had really long days of just walking around and discovering everything. But I felt so imprisoned at home because we weren't really able to do anything. At least I wasn't. But like I said, I was the oldest of four. I was the first one to ever really walk through my parents door. Whether it was going somewhere or coming back. They were always watching me
Hey, Evelyn, I can totally relate to what you're talking about. My experiences were similar and yet a little different when I was growing up. I kind of grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. We lived in a neighborhood with lots of kids. And on the surface you would think that's great, and it is. But the kids that I was sort founded by, you might want to say, you might describe, do not make the best role models
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 1:37
And Evelyn, now there are very few people that are in my circle. I feel like I've always been too shy to push forward and see what else I can see. I mean, not to the degree that I'm just extremely shy, but I felt like I wish I was more outgoing
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 0:40
Hey, Evelyn. Incredible insight. You're right. It's not something that we always understand. But you seem to be analyzing it quite powerfully around how we become who we are, based on who we were and the ingredients that formed us. But I appreciate the fact that you can reflect on this and just be gentle with yourself and know that you. You were who you were. And it was a natural sort of process. And I think you're pretty great now. So good reflection
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 0:50
And, and in that instance, I mean, like strength to be able to communicate with other people or to go out into the world and be a little bit more bold. So I'm discovering that about myself as I get older. But thank you so much for coming on and giving a comment, because we do learn, we learn a lot about ourselves the older we get, at least I do. Thank you so much
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 3:12
When I started to have feelings of remorse, I found myself having some of those feelings like oh man, I wish I should have could have type feelings. I canceled that and decided to instead practice gratitude for having the revelation now so that I can lead my life more authentically and more out loud based on how I want to and not based on limitations from other people's fears that they have bestowed on me and my moment of reflection
I feel like if I could go back and be who I am now, who I was, replace who I was in high school or college with who I am now, it would have been a very different experience. However, with that being said, it would be a very different outcome. And I am very much in love with where I am at this point in life. So it's hard for me to really wish anything differently, even if it would be potentially better
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 0:44
And, no, everything didn't turn out the way I wanted to, but sometimes it was even better than I imagined it could be. So, yes, I wanted to do more things, and I will. Thinking about this prompt and what this prompt brought out of me, it inspires me to do more. So for that, I'm really grateful
