What do you want your legacy to be?

We asked folks about legacy and what they want people to remember about them. We’ve shared some of those responses below.
Legacy feels like such a big, ominous word, like you have to change everything about the world before you leave it, but to me it is just the impression or feeling I want to leave people with after interacting with them. I want people to remember me as someone who celebrated people well. It brings me so much joy when the people in my life or the clients that I get to work with feel fully celebrated. Just like we all have different love languages or communication styles, I truly believe that we all feel celebrated in different ways as well. Read more>>
I think when I am gone from this world I really want people to remember me as a “Gritty Girl.” I define this term as a female that has COURAGE to try new things, RESILIENCE to bounce back when they don’t work out and the PERSISTENCE to keep going until they do. Throughout my life, I have battled with depression, addiction and imposter syndrome. All have made me feel like I’m not capable of doing one thing or another and that I don’t deserve the good things that have come my way. It has taken many years and a lot of work but now I know one hundred percent that I am completely capable of doing all the things I want and the only limits Read more>>
I fell in love with our planet and the people, animals, and plants that live on it at an early age. When I was younger, I was in girl scouts. We spent a lot of time outside in nature, camping or doing other outdoor activities. There was this motto that our troop leaders always told us: “leave the place better than you found it.” That message really stuck with me, not only while I was outside camping, but for everything. I knew I wanted to leave the world a better place than it was when I was born into it. As I got older, my affection and love for science, the earth, and people only grew. Read more>>