I was a very different person in high school. I know my senior year was from 2014-2015, but boy oh boy, my guy my friend, have I changed. A lot. There are things I know now that I wish I'd known when I was a teenager, which is redundant and cliche, I realize, but it's so true.
1) Did you know, younger-Saige that being passive-aggressive doesn't actually solve any of your problems? It doesn't. Get over yourself enough to use your words. It might not come out right, or the way you intend them to, but trying to communicate with people about your issues is a lot better than the stuff you pulled.
2) Why are you about to make this mistake? You've made it before? It has never turned out well for you. Why are you repeating it with a slight variation? When will you learn. You already know that when you sit down, you're going to start off talking to Mom saying something like,”
3) I know you liked writing poetry. Like, a lot of it, and the more morbid, the better. I get that you were trying to deal with your issues, but do you understand just how dark some of your work was? Because I don't think you do.
4) Always having a snarky comment is not the way to go, surprising as it might sound. It's actually just kind of obnoxious after a while, and it's also probably part of why you have a hard time maintaining friendships. When you're practically sarcasm in a condensed/physical form, nobody wants to hang out around you. Being caustic and sarcastic 24/7 is how you lose friends.
5) You're not as cool as you think you are. You're a nerd. You don't socialize as much as you should and that's why you feel so lonely all the time. Watching a couple Vines can be entertaining, but watching several 15 minute compilations of them is quite another. This is also going to be the start of your descent into constant YouTube video watching, so . . . perhaps another reason why you don't really get along with most teenagers. No social life + lots of YouTube viewing = an awkward 17 year old me.
