Say It With Me: I Did My Best With What I Knew

Say it out loud with me:

I did my best with what I knew.

As we move through life, there are moments when we look back and think, 

Whew. If I knew then what I know now… 

And yes, hindsight is always 20/20.

But here’s the truth: 

No one comes into this world knowing it all. We learn through experience. Through trial and error. Through joy and heartbreak. Through watching others and sometimes, through falling flat on our own.

Still, how many times have you caught yourself thinking: 

“Why did I wear that outfit?”

 “I should’ve said something different.”

 “I could’ve been further by now if I had just known…”

Pause. Breathe.

Here’s your reminder: 

You made the best decision you could with what you had at the time. 

And that version of you? She deserves grace. She deserves love. She was doing her absolute best.

You’re allowed to change your mind. You’re allowed to grow. 

In fact, growth requires it. One of the clearest signs of maturity is being able to say: 

“Now that I know better, I move differently.”

The choices you made at 21 won’t be the ones you make at 31—and that’s the point.

At the root of all this second-guessing is often shame. 

Guilt. Ego. Embarrassment. 

But when we hold ourselves to impossible standards—perfection, hindsight, clarity, control—we only make ourselves prisoners of the past.

Let it go.

Making peace with your past is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself. 

Peace opens the door to grace. 

Grace allows space for change, space to evolve, space to breathe.

And when grace meets acceptance? 

That’s power.

That’s when you reclaim the pen. That’s when you start telling your story on your own terms. 

That’s when you realize: you are the creative director of your life.

Because when you make peace with all parts of yourself—yes, all of you—nobody can weaponize your past. 

You walk into rooms whole. 

You speak your truth boldly. 

You live out loud.

And that?That is what it means to be UNTAMED.