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You’ve Done Hard Things Before (You Just Forgot)


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You didn’t lose your confidence. You just forgot how much you’ve already built.

The episode urges you to remember and acknowledge the evidence of your growth, count past progress, and actively build your future self through present, consistent actions and mindset shifts.

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5 Key Takeaways

1️⃣ You didn’t lose confidence. You lost perspective.

You’ve done hard things before, but familiarity made you stop counting them.

2️⃣ Future You already exists because of what you’ve done.

The life you’re living now was once the dream.

3️⃣ Hard things don’t disappear. They build you.

The moments that stretched you are the reason you can handle things now.

4️⃣ Growth isn’t loud or dramatic. It’s quiet and consistent.

Future You is built in small moments no one sees.

5️⃣ Certainty comes from remembering, not pushing harder.

When you look at what you’ve already built, confidence comes back naturally.

Timestamps

00:00 You’ve Done Hard Things Before (You Just Forgot)

00:42 Saying Goodbye to the Version of You That Finished Her Job

01:18 Where Certainty Quietly Gets Lost

02:05 When Your Current Life Used to Be the Dream

02:58 Familiarity, Coffee, and Forgetting the Evidence

03:45 You Didn’t Manifest This by Being Perfect

04:35 How Your Brain Learned What to Look For

05:25 Why Everything Feels Harder Than It Needs to Be

06:05 The Parent You’re Becoming (Not the Pinterest One)

06:55 Proof Is Built in the Moments You Don’t Post

07:45 Compassion for Past You

08:30 Don’t Miss This Moment

09:10 The Question That Brings Certainty Back

This episode references concepts from neuroscience and behavioral psychology, including the Reticular Activating System (RAS) and experience-dependent neuroplasticity, in a general, non-clinical context for educational purposes only.

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