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I Asked Brian North What He Would Say To His 25-Year-Old Self

Name: I Asked Brian North What He Would Say To His 25-Year-Old Self
Uploaded: 2026-03-11T23:35:01+00:00
Duration: 54 s
Channel: Hannah Hammond
Description: Brian North tells his 25-year-old self he'll be okay despite the constant fight-or-flight he lived with then. He says happiness is fleeting, but peace is…

11 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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Brian North tells his 25-year-old self he'll be okay despite the constant fight-or-flight he lived with then. He says happiness is fleeting, but peace is what lasts. His future will involve changing lives, even without certainty about how.

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If you could send one text to your 25-year-old self, what would it say? I love you, dude. You're gonna be okay. Remember that kid? Kid was fucking so scared, but he also believed he could take over the world. I just wish I could tell him it was gonna be okay, 'cause I thought I was gonna die every day. I literally— it was life or death every day. I was in fight or flight every day. Just tell him, just, I swear to God, I've been there. You're gonna be okay. It's gonna be a great run. You're gonna change a lot of lives. I didn't think it was gonna be okay. I still don't think it's gonna be okay. Why don't you think it's gonna be okay now? It's just, it's muscle memory. That's it. It'll just be a work in progress. You said something interesting. Work that you've done to get to happiness, and then you talked about happiness and then used the word peace. So it's interesting that you didn't say happiness and happiness and happiness. You said happiness and then you said peace. And what I've learned is happiness is fleeting and it goes away. So if you said to me, are you happy? I'd say right now I'm happy, but I know that something's going to show up in life that's going to challenge my happiness. But the real mission is, can I be at peace when I'm not happy?