Experience Teaches What to Add. Wisdom Teaches What to Leave Out.

As an educator, I’ve found that experience shows you what to include, while wisdom helps you know what to leave out. Early learning is about gathering. Ideas. Tools. Effort. You experiment, adjust, and build confidence by trying more. That stage matters. It shows you what is possible. Then something shifts. You begin to notice patterns. You see what actually creates impact and what simply fills space. Growth moves from doing more to choosing better. In our commitments and choices. In how we stop carrying what no longer works. Letting go is not loss. It creates room for clearer focus, better decisions, and more meaningful progress. Leaving something out is not a step back, it is discernment. It is trusting your judgment enough to decide what belongs now. As this year closes and a new one approaches, I am reflecting on that difference. What is one thing experience has taught you to leave out?