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You don’t see it as wasted time
When you embrace your past and see how it actually empowered you, then you stop seeing those painful years as wasted time—which can be sad. You instead see them as some of the most valuable years of your life. They were very tough at the time, but wasted? No. They were not wasted. They made you the unshakable force you are today.