Borrowed meme

[mynewplace]

I borrowed this from popfiend because it's cool and because I want to see what you have to say:

If you could say anything to your 15 *AND* 20 year old selves what would say?

C'mon, lemme have it!  In fact, I'll comment with my own answer. 

Comments

[sapphirescarlet.livejournal.com]

To Ms 15 - DON'T DO IT. Don't have sex with Jay, don't go out with him, don't ANYTHING. You will regret it all your life. Take everything he says and consider it a perfect example of the kind of guy who lies, cheats, and only takes, never gives. Call your friend Steven, and keep that friendship alive and glowing. You belong together.

To Ms 20 - if I never spoke to Ms 15? - Call Steven. Refresh that friendship! He's a wonderful guy.

Yep. Letting Steven go was one of the biggest mistakes I ever made.

[popfiend.livejournal.com]

15 - you feel lonely and you feel like a loser. This is wrong. You will meet a wonderful woman and you'll make each other happy. There will be pain mixed in with the happy, but it will be happy. And the reason you are dateless is partially your fault. You lack the courage to follow up. But it's also society and biology. You are a geek/nerd and 15 year old girls do not want to date 15 year old boys. This is all going to change.

20 - remember that woman I told you about at 15. You'll meet her this year. She's the one. And shortly after your next birthday you are going to tell her how you feel all scared and stuff and she's going to say she feels the same. It's going to be that way for a long time. Enjoy it. One thing, stop overplanning your lives together. Be more spontaneous.

[sapphirescarlet.livejournal.com]

Thank you! LOVE IT!

[popfiend.livejournal.com]

There's more, but I didn't want to write a novel.

[sapphirescarlet.livejournal.com]

Yes, I have a lot of advice for my 15 year old self, too. And even more for Ms 20, but it depends on whether Ms 15 listens or not, you know?

[adoptedwriter.livejournal.com]

To Me at 15:

Hang in there cuz life will get better. Not much longer and you will never have to take gym again.... Maybe fun stuff like yoga, but the running laps thing is going to end. Keep reading as much as you can. Try a little harder in school or find a tutor if it's hard to keep on track. Don't wait. One day some boy really will be nice and like you back. These others really are jerk holes. It's not you.... It's really them. Also, at home.... What's going on there isn't your fault either.

20 year old self:
get ready. This is gonna be one he'll of a good year, believe it or not! You really will find reasons to be happy again besides just your dog. It's too soon to give up on studying. Graduating indeed WILL help lead you to your Happy Place. Two more years left to play the game. Don't feel so desperate. You really will make new friends AND keep the old, just like that Girl Scout song says, if that is what you want to happen.
AW

Worries / Schooling

[lapidus-93.livejournal.com]

I'd tell myself to take a deep breath and:

1. Don't waste a second worrying what unimportant people (your age-mates / classmates) are thinking about you. That matters not one spec, as time will prove.

2. Take advantage of your golden opportunity NOW to turn yourself into a well educated adult man. STUDY VERY HARD IN SCHOOL and go as far as you can. That is the job (yes, you do have a job!) as a child / adolescent.

Re: Worries / Schooling

[sapphirescarlet.livejournal.com]

Wise words indeed.

[brujah.livejournal.com]

Dear 15 year old self, put down that fucking pack of cigarettes. Now.

Dear 20 year old self, don't despair and don't let the careless words of clergy belittle you as a woman, it happens. You do carry to term. And she's so very worth the wait.

[circumspectly.livejournal.com]

To Me at 15: It's called hair gel...get some and you won't feel as freakishly clown-like. Also...you are not a tiny girl...you'll never be a tiny girl, but you are not the pig that people would have you believe you are. You will never get along with your maternal unit, but you don't have to hate her...it's too frustrating.

To Me at 20: Acting. Just...that's the thing...quit wasting your time with other trivial crap and get your butt to the theater. Oh, and that whole "hanging out at the bar" thing? Yeah...go hang out in the theater, instead...it's much more fulfilling and 5x more fun.

[sapphirescarlet.livejournal.com]

Good info to pass on. I could have used that as well.

[retro-rider55.livejournal.com]

"No Means 'No'! ", and that the most outlawed of all the 'recreational' drugs in the world are still the biggest lie in the world, next to organised religion. Dinnae listen tae either of their shite...

[sapphirescarlet.livejournal.com]

Wow. Serious words there! Thanks for sharing.

[retro-rider55.livejournal.com]

Well, I never got into drugs; I'd tell that to any 15-year old. Not that they'd listen, sadly...