Cancer Survivor Shares 5 Ways She Changed Her Life In Inspiring Twitter Thread

Life can test you sometimes. For some people around the globe, this exam starts early in the journey. Showing courage and a zeal to get past the storm is Julie Ahrens who shared her story of loss, tragedy and illness with people on the internet.

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Cancer Patient Whose Father Died By Suicide Shares 5 Ways She Transformed Her Life

In a long thread, Ahrens shared her life story while celebrating her 19th birthday. She wrote, ¡°I¡¯m turning 19 today. And I¡¯ve never felt more alive.¡±

In her posts on Twitter, she shared how she had overturned her life in just a matter of two years. The survivor revealed that 5 years ago her father committed suicide. After this grave loss, Ahrens had to undergo chemotherapy for her cancer. Adding to her losses, her best friend passed away a year ago yet she writes, ¡°Today, I¡¯m the happiest I¡¯ve ever been. The only thing that changed? My mindset.¡±

Ahrens candidly wrote that she wanted to give up her dreams, her family, and herself after enduring such tragedies. She shared how she was convinced, she was a ¡°failure¡±. Ahren unveiled her negative outlook toward life during these past few years and said that along with her people she lost herself, ¡°It's sad but true. I¡¯ve lost me to myself.¡±

I¡¯m turning 19 today.

And I¡¯ve never felt more alive.

Here¡¯s how I transformed my life in less than two years:
(& went from merely surviving to thriving) pic.twitter.com/xhNiPklPkP

¡ª Julie Ahrens (@thejulieahrens) December 22, 2022

5 Mindset Shifts That Will Transform Your Life

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However, through her posts, Ahren shared how she got through these unbearable moments and survived. In her inspiring thread, the cancer survivor gave 5 ways she helped herself during the devastating years. Her first lesson is - ¡°You are who you allow yourself to be.¡±

She wrote about the constant need for our generation to ¡°be¡± themselves is sometimes the very reason we feel lost. She penned, ¡°Being yourself is the premise, not the promise.¡± The third mindset shift that helped her cope was, ¡°There are no universal truths. Only personal ones.¡±

As a person who has had a truckload of chaos to handle, she shared her outlook toward setbacks, ¡°It¡¯s not what happens that transforms you. It¡¯s how you act upon it.¡± Last but not the least, Ahren says it is your will to change that matters most in times of peril, ¡°Every person has the power to change their fate if they are brave enough to fight for what they desire.¡±

4. It¡¯s not what happens that transforms you, it¡¯s how you act upon it.

5. Every person has the power to change their fate if they are brave enough to fight for what they desire.

¡ª Julie Ahrens (@thejulieahrens) December 22, 2022

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