The playground that felt massive at seven fits in one glance at twenty. Perspective is time’s job.

Nothing about the place changed, only the size of the person looking at it. That is what growing does, it shrinks things that used to be overwhelming without you ever noticing the shrinking happen. The same process is quietly running on your current problems.

Name the thing that frightened you most three years ago and see how it looks from here. Then extend the same courtesy forward and assume something occupying you now will look ordinary later. It does not make today easier, but it does put it in proportion.