Okay, here goes!
1. I know you think that straight cut bangs help your face, and they do, but so will side cut bangs. Please make the switch before 2007. Same with the center part. Go back to the side part. Don't try dyeing your hair lighter either, because it doesn't work.
2. Go research Social Anxiety Disorder. Convince Mom and Dad to take you to a therapist.
3. You don't have Crohn's disease. You eat too much pizza and not enough whole wheat/vegetables. Seriously, change your diet.
4. Stop making fun of the kids that play WoW. You will regret it one day....
5. You're not going to marry anyone you know from high school.. or from Volusia County at all, for that matter. I know you think that you are in a super serious relationship. I know that you also think you will at the very least be great friends with these people forever. Surprisingly, you won't. You get married to someone completely new.
6. Consider not being a math teacher. Or a musician. Have you ever thought about business? You would probably really enjoy it.
7. Appreciate not having to pay bills. You are seriously taking that for granted. Thank Mom and Dad, and give them big hugs.
8. You're going to go through some dark, lonely times. Your world is going to collapse. And when you think you've hit rock bottom, it's going to get worse. But you do have good friends (not from high school) who stick through it with you and love you despite your negligence, and family who thinks the world of you even if nobody else does. I promise that you will make it through.
9. Don't get pet fish. They are just... not necessary.
10. Please wear more sunscreen. I know you thought for awhile that sunburns were cool and tans and freckles, but you are pale and prone to skin cancer. Also, the sun ages your skin and I'm really trying to counteract that currently.
Sorry for the late post. This was also rushed, since I'm writing it over breakfast. Last night, I had dinner with Leah and Leah's sister, who is in town. Leah is moving to Virginia later in the year, as I found out two nights ago. It's a tragedy beyond words that her husband got accepted into a PhD program there. Anyways, I got home too late to post, so I'm writing this over breakfast and didn't have alot of time to think about it. Also, I didn't want to get too specific with my 16-year old self because I don't want to discourage her from making the mistakes that will lead her to Mike eventually. I just want her to know it gets better.
3 comments:
I like how seriously you took this post, as if you actually went back in time and gave yourself advice. Also, you putting my move into words makes it more real. I think I'm still a bit in shock.
I like this. I don't think I'd be bold enough to make the same post. Maybe because my 16 year old self was reckless and terrible. I also feel that pet fish are unnecessary. I was not upset when Lynn killed my Beta fish on accident. I was actually surprised he lasted as long as he did. :P
Hey! I'm from high school! Reading yours, as I knew it would, makes me almost want to go back and change some of mine around- but I'm still happy with my ten things. It would be interesting to write another list in ten years of things I wish I'd known now.
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