How Reflecting On The Past Helps Me To Move Forward In Life.

Arron Fornasetti
5 min readMar 24, 2019
“I have great respect for the past. If you don’t know where you’ve come from, you don’t know where you’re going. I have respect for the past, but I’m a person of the moment. I’m here, and I do my best to be completely centered at the place I’m at, then I go forward to the next place.”
-Maya Angelou

I find myself reflecting on the past quite often. I think about how my life has changed over the last few years. There have been times where I wished I had a time machine to change a few things (who hasn’t?) Many people would rather block out the past due to bad experiences, but I believe it’s better to address what we have been through so we can see how far we’ve come. While reflecting can prove beneficial, it’s important not to create a habit of dwelling on the past. Instead, we should use it as a way to push ourselves towards creating a better future. These are a few ways that reflecting helps me progress in life.

It gives me a sense of accountability.

Would I have missed that meeting if I had written down the time?

Would I have been able to secure that domain name if I hadn’t procrastinated?

What would my life be like if I had never talked to that person?

Thinking on past incidents, I realize that everything I’ve done in my past, whether intentional or unintentional, has…

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Arron Fornasetti

We as humans can learn a lot from ants. Don’t be nice, be kind.