Dear fifteen-year-old self - here's some advice:
Enjoy the times you have right now. Four years from now you will miss those weekends where you had no job to go to or schoolwork to catch up on, you will miss those high school classes and those high school memories. Stop taking advantage of them.
Start thinking before you act, be more careful who you choose to take the frustration out on. And please, defend yourself. Know your worth. Four years from now you will regret all the times you let yourself be treated less than what you deserved. You will look back and be absolutely shocked that you ever let any of those things happen to you.
Start taking care of yourself. Don't only eat one meal a day, you'll make a habit of it. Drink more water, and get more sleep. Stop putting yourself second. Learn to value yourself now or you'll have a real hard time doing it in the future when everyone else already has it all figured out. Stop acting like you get more chances or more lives or other looks besides your own. This is what you have, so start loving it.
Love is scary. Falling in love is scary. Don't think you know everything there is know about it just because you found a great guy. You have so much to learn, and don't ruin years of your life dealing with a heartbreak from a guy you met when you were fourteen. You'll move on, you'll get other chances, there's more for you out there. Learning to love and to be loved is all part of the journey and you'll have more than one great love in your life. Make mistakes and learn from them; find out how to grow from situations instead of becoming smaller from them.
Put yourself first. Always. People are bound to come and go, but you always have yourself. You're the only person that will always be there, so stop putting others above you and stop showing others you come second. You should ALWAYS come first, learn this now and you'll have an easier time finding your path throughout the rest of high school and the start of college.
Lastly, always trust your gut. Those intuition feelings you get are there for a reason. Your heart guides you through situations if you just listen to it. Get to know your needs, and start understanding yourself. You're not here to make others happy, you're here to make yourself happy.
Enjoy life kid, because these are the best years of your life and I promise one day you'll miss them like crazy. Make memories, and cherish every single second. It won't be this simple forever.
Forever and Always,
The future you.
