Dear 18-year-old me,

A lot has changed within the last three years. You're currently 21-years-old and still trying to figure out the early stages of adulthood, yet you're doing well so far. You are happy and not insecure of your life at the moment. You know what you want and hope you can achieve it in the future, which I know you will. Occasionally you would have your mini panic attacks on little situations here and there, but it will all turn out fine in the end. Nonetheless, I'm Proud on the woman you've become and I congratulate you.

Being 18-years-old was a confusing and frustrating age for you. Let's give you a little recap. You weren't sure on what you wanted to study in college. I believe you've changed your major over 4 times. And you randomly settled in one major you didn't even think of in high school, which is Public Relations. You finally settled to this major and it has been a great choice so far. You're about to graduate within the next year and a half and start 2016 with your first internship/job. In other words, you're growing up and slowly molding your educational future!

Your circle of friends was also a confusing stage when you were 18. You had a very close friend that you considered as a sister, but, unfortunately, that friendship didn't work out and left you sad. However, you have other friends that appreciated your friendship and that small group of people had become the best friends you ever had. And they are the ones that molded you today of becoming a great person and your best supporters. You circle of friends today don't compare when you were 18. This circle of friends you have today became a small group that you notice it is much more important than a large crowd of friends you had before.

Now let's talk about boys. When you were 18, boys were in your mind 24/7! You were boy crazy and would change your personality for a guy. You will be constantly be worried to be alone and not be in a relationship. However, that has now changed! You are your own person and you don't give in too easily when a guy wants to talk to you in relationship terms. You don't set your standards low and your previous heartbreaks don't get in your way to find true love. Nonetheless, You are focused on other things that made you figure out who you are as a person. You're still discovering yourself and that's what gets life more exciting. You know the right guy will come along soon as long as you love yourself first and he would like you for the real you.

As you can see everything turned out fine. You're not insecure, you know how you want your future to be like, you have a great circle of friends, and you keep loving yourself more thought the years. 18-year-old self, If we could go back in time I would've love to see you more relaxed and not tense on how your future will turn out; I would've loved to see you more free and try new things every day, how I'm doing right now. However, I don't regret the past, I learned from it, and improved myself as a human being. You love yourself more every day and 2016 you will continue going through this exciting journey. I wish you the best.

Love, my present self.