When I {OldLifeCompleted}, I was struggling with {NegativeDetail}.

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

Here’s what those difficult years taught me about {Topic}:

• Lesson 1: {Lesson1}
• Back then, I used to {PositiveHabit}.
• Despite {NegativeObstacle}.
• The only difference between then and now is {UnexpectedSmallDetail}.
• Lesson 2: {Lesson2}
• For the first few years, all I had was a {HumbleBeginning} and a {HumbleBeginning}.
• Since then, I’ve {PositiveOutcome}.
• But can I tell you something?
• Those two {HumbleBeginnings} still mean more to me than anything.
• All you need.
• 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}.
• Meanwhile, a lot of people around me hadn’t moved at all.
• 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.
• It took me a long time to realize those insecurities were holding me back.
• And no amount of success would fix them for me.
• 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 was easy, everyone would do it.