On the 22hr flight from London to Sydney, I got in touch with my inner teenager by reading Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. An amazing writer, she perfectly captures what it is like to be a teenage girl in love and I found my mind flooded by memories of ‘significant’ events from my teenage years – some of which I haven’t given any thought to for more than 20 years! It made me think about how incredibly important things can feel in the moment, but that given the passing of time, will become nothing more than dusty old memories…
Think about the things that are on your mind, troubling you or causing you anxiety right now and remind yourself that most of these won’t matter in five years time, let alone 15 or 20 years time. And, if it isn’t going to matter then, it’s probably not that important now either!
