Dear 2017 me,
You will get better. Your life will change. Have patience. Things that are built quicker are destroyed just as soon. This year you must take care of yourself and be careful to not give too much of yourself away. But don’t walk through life guarded, that’s never been your way. Take the year a quarter at a time. Don’t plan for the whole year, you don’t know what life will be like 6 months from now. Don’t focus too much on the planning because without execution, a plan is just a piece of paper. You’re 20 now and that’s huge but don’t stress over trying to be ‘mature’ and adult like because you already are. Chasing bubbles doesn’t make you a kid, it makes you a person who knows how to chase happiness. Get out of your house more. You need the fresh air, you need the sun. By now you’ve learnt, you don’t need to shy away from sunlight to love the night. You will always be a creature of the night with just a little bit of vampire obsession to make you creepy. Snack. Don’t binge. Study. You may not exactly be where you want to be right now but if you study hard enough you soon will. You had learnt at a very young age that there’s no excellence without labour. You strive for excellence and hence you must labour. Don’t write too many letters to people because the first letter is lovely, the second is cute, the third is ? If they aren’t the right person. Have faith. Sometimes that’s the only thing you have left but it does wonders. ‘NOW’ is your 2017 key word. Don’t wait to do things you really want to because if you wait long enough, you don’t want to do anything.
There are nice people and there are shitty people. Just because you’ve come across a bunch of shitty people all at once doesn’t mean nice people don’t exist. They do. And you will find them. But remember, all people are current assets. You’re the only fixed one. Invest more in yourself. There’s so much more I want to tell you but from now I want to do less of talking and more of doing. I know you will understand, at least I hope you do. Love, 2016 me
