Hello, and welcome back to Practicing Human, the podcast where every day we're getting

a little better at life.

I'm your host, Corey Muscara, and in today's episode, we're going to talk about trusting

your past self.

More to come on that in a moment, first, let's settle in together with the sound of the

bells.

Okay, so, we often hear a lot about talking about our future selves.

I talk about this on the podcast quite a bit, future vision for yourself as a way to make

change.

You can even ask yourself what would the best version of myself do in this moment.

But there's less reflection on the wisdom of your past self, and often our past self

is something that we tend to condemn or see as an unevolved part of us.

But I think this can get problematic, post-important decision-making.

Have you ever been in a situation, maybe a relationship you left, or a job you left,

or a decision you had to make that was difficult, but felt right, and then a week goes by.

A month goes by, a year goes by.

And things in your life maybe aren't quite where you want them to be yet.

And it causes you to reflect back to that moment and go, what was I thinking?

Did I make the wrong decision?

I should have stayed there.

And the tendency in these moments is to look back to what was good.

Sometimes it's an honest reflection on what is good.

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