{years/month/days} ago, I had {low credibility in X}

{X} years later, I just {LifeAchievement}.

Here’s what those difficult years taught:

1. Lesson 1: {Lesson1}
   Back then, I used to {PositiveHabit}.
   Despite {NegativeObstacle}.
   The only difference between then and now is {UnexpectedSmallDetail}.
2. Lesson 2: {Lesson2}
   For the first few years, all I had was a {HumbleBeginning} and a {HumbleBeginning}.
   Since then, I’ve {PositiveOutcome}.
3. Lesson 3: {Lesson3}
   When I was first starting out, I was so determined to achieve {X} that I deprived myself of {ShortTermOutcome}.
   Everyone thought I was crazy.
   But, {X} years later, I had successfully become {Outcome}.
4. Lesson 4: {Lesson4}
   I used to be very insecure about {Weakness}.
   I was ashamed that I didn’t have {Outcome}.
   And I didn’t {PositiveAction} because of it.
5. Lesson 5: {Lesson5}
   After college, a lot of people around me said:
   {WrongAdvice}
   But then I’d watch them struggle to make progress in their own lives.

A big part of success is going in a different direction.

And remember: if it were easy, everyone would do it.