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Gintarė Gurevičiūtė Looks Back at Herself 20 Years Ago: Much Has Changed
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Gintarė Gurevičiūtė Looks Back at Herself 20 Years Ago: Much Has Changed

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Lithuanian public figure Gintarė Gurevičiūtė shared a video showing images from her youth and reflected on how she has changed over two decades.
  • She said her early adult years combined courage and ambition with fear and self-doubt, while numerous projects brought both successes and mistakes.
  • Gurevičiūtė said she still does not know what she will become, but now feels comfortable with that uncertainty.

Gintarė Gurevičiūtė looked back at footage of herself from 20 years ago and saw more than youthful confidence. She also saw the fear and self-doubt that accompanied her strong desire to create, grow and find her direction.

“Today I think about my twenties with a smile. It was there then too, but it went hand in hand with fear, with a lack of confidence, and with a huge desire to create, grow and become someone. I just didn’t yet know who,” she wrote in a post shared with Delfi.

Today I think about my twenties with a smile. It was there then too, but it went hand in hand with fear, with a lack of confidence, and with a huge desire to create, grow and become someone. I just didn’t yet know who.

— Gintarė GurevičiūtėShe reflected on the mixture of ambition and insecurity she felt 20 years ago.

She recalled approaching that period with a willingness to try, make mistakes and start over. During her first decade of independent life, she said, she launched more businesses and projects than she could now count. Some developed into successful projects, while others disappeared, and she said many mistakes accompanied them.

Gurevičiūtė said she did not allow those failures, including some she described as potentially defining the rest of her life, to become part of her identity. Instead, she viewed them as lessons that helped shape who she is today.

I am still growing. I just walk differently now: with confidence, knowing who I am, without fear of being misunderstood, with boundless love for myself and for what surrounds me.

— Gintarė GurevičiūtėShe described how her relationship with herself has changed.

She said her approach has since changed. She is still growing, but now moves forward with greater self-confidence, a clearer sense of who she is and less fear of being misunderstood. “I am still growing. I just walk differently now: with confidence, knowing who I am, without fear of being misunderstood, with boundless love for myself and for what surrounds me,” she said.

Gurevičiūtė will soon turn 40, yet she still does not have a clear answer about what she wants to be in the future. This time, she said, the uncertainty feels entirely comfortable: “I will soon be 40. And I still don’t know what I will be when I grow up. But now I like that.”

I will soon be 40. And I still don’t know what I will be when I grow up. But now I like that.

— Gintarė GurevičiūtėShe said she now accepts not having a fixed plan for her future.
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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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