A message to my former self!

Experience and practice not only teach us, but if everything is true, it also equips us with humility. Looking back just like a few years ago, you might see things so differently that you never thought you would. Your life may have turned out well, but you may also have made mistakes that had a negative impact on your future. How differently we see everything as teenagers. What plans do we have for the future? Years go by, a class reunion, a meeting with an old acquaintance or a run-in with an ex-love can all revive memories. Looking back on our teenage self, we can realize how different we were, how different we looked and, of course, how different we saw the world.

Did you like your hairstyle at the time or did you just find it ridiculous? Maybe, but according to the fashion of the time, you were still beautiful and dispassionately young. If you could turn back the wheel of time, what would you see and what advice would you give yourself?

When I saw my own teenage pictures, I was shocked at how much I underestimated myself. I would somehow fly back to that time and I would be so confident that just... And I would tell myself that:

You're beautiful, even if you don't feel like it!

I remember how shapeless, ugly and insignificant I felt. I used to have complexes, caused by age, hormones, and my height. However, what I felt ugly about myself, other people had gall about. I was fine just the way I was. Now I know.

Just focus on yourself!

At a time when we are about to change the world, our hormones are working properly, it is difficult to see our environment and especially ourselves realistically. We'll see how good it is for someone else, because he's an excellent student and the teachers love him, and how much harder everything is for me. Then again, how easy it is for another, because his family is wealthy, it was just difficult for him to be born. Enough for me! Today, I would picture myself and tell you to mind your own business, because you are wasting valuable time and energy by paying attention to someone else.

Don't worry, someone will see you soon!

I was never one of the cool ones, although I didn't feel bad about it. I didn't really want it. But yes, to get noticed by the guy I really liked. But he didn't see it. It hurt, for a long time. It took time for them to notice. I didn't have to do too much for that. I stood out from the crowd with my height and many people liked that. I still wasn't cool, but I didn't ignore it either. Much later, I opened up, because I found my way, I became more and more confident, and this had a good effect on my relationships. I would tell myself to give yourself time to be seen.

Set an important goal and fight for it!

The secondary school is still usually chosen by the parents for their children, but if you have even a little say and argue why you want to go to that school, then say so. Later, after finishing high school, look for a profession or school that is truly your heart's desire. This is the only way you can realize and find yourself.

Trust yourself!

It's a common cliché, but it's important to believe in yourself. "Love yourself!" is closely related to this. also a battle cry. Who will love you if not you? So first you have to like the body you were born with, then make friends with your mind world. If you don't like it, change it. Develop, grow, get smarter!

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