Dear Self,
You won’t feel this way forever. Before you know it, you’ll be doing everything you love with the people you love and all this will be worth it. You’ll be successful and happy and you’ll look back on life and think about how you got there. Right now, you are stressed and tired and that light at the end of the tunnel is looking pretty dim. Just remember why you keep pushing. Think about the benefits of this life. Think about your dream job, your dream house and car, the end line. Think about how great you are going to feel when you are finished.
I know some days are harder than others and that you struggle to find the motivation to push on sometimes. I know that you won’t always be sure of what you are doing or how to do it, but trust in yourself. I also know that some days are wonderful and everything goes right and you will completely believe in yourself. Look at how far you have come in such a short period of time, and look at how much further you can go.
Each hair pulling, nail biting experience is molding you into the woman you are going to become, and you are going to be superb. Count your blessings, even if they are in disguise. Remember to be thankful for everything this life is giving you. Your friends and family, the roof over your head, a job and higher education. You really are extremely lucky, but that doesn’t discount your feelings.
Remember it is okay to be sad sometimes. You don’t have to be the life of the party every day. Take time for yourself, be sad. Cry if you need to, but once you are done, pick yourself up and move on. It’s okay to be confused and angry about something, but don’t take that out on the people around you and especially don’t take it out on yourself. Feel however you need to feel, but don’t linger on bad thoughts. Breathe in the positive energy and exhale the negative. Life is too short to waste it on things you don’t love.
Be crazy. You are discovering who you are as a person. Get that piercing, try that weird food at that shady restaurant, drive four hours with your friends just because you can. Do whatever will make you happy. Don’t regret the decisions you have made because your decisions make you, and you’re pretty great.
You have so much to look forward to, your story is only just beginning. You will go on to do amazing things. Keep trying to power through your struggles, whatever they may be. You are strong, independent, caring and intelligent. Remember to be confident in yourself and your actions.
Everything you feel is valid and today won’t be the only day you feel this way. Just make sure the good days outweigh the bad and that you don’t settle for anything less than happiness. You deserve all the happiness in the world.
Keep your head high and your ambitions higher.
