Dear Past Freshmen-Year Me,

Wow, we were young, weren't we? If someone were to ask me about my first impression of high school, my answer would have nothing to do with lockers or upperclassmen or getting to classes on time. I wish I had known that time flies. I wish I could tell you to cherish every single moment you get in high school. I wish I could tell you how much you'll learn to hate math with every fiber in your body.

Just joking (not really). There are so many things that you're going to go through, so many obstacles you're going to face. Who knew three years could feel like a lifetime? The following things I'm about to tell you will shock you because I can tell you right now — you will never see it coming because it'll happen in a flash.

Right now, I'm about to finish my junior year. I'm 17, and I can drive. I have a car named Alvin. I absolutely love K-Pop. I've reconciled an amazing friendship with a girl I once talked to in 7th grade. I've become friends with people I never expected to have anything in common with. Oh, by the way, I'm a mom. Not a real one, of course, but the term "eomma" will come about shortly in your first couple months of freshmen year.

Did you know that you have a knack for writing? You're going to meet a group of amazing people who will help you discover that knack and develop it even more. You're going to have writing and editing family and create friendships with people you've never physically met. You will feel like you've known them for a lifetime and longer.

I know you, freshmen me. You're a Directioner (by the way, they disband *insert evil laugh here*). Your room is currently empty with nothing hanging on the walls behind your bed. That's going to all change. Right now, you're hanging out with a group of friends who mean the world to you. Please, cherish it while it lasts. In the years to come, your innocence will come to an end. You will realize that not everyone in the world can be trusted. That some people will use your trust; they will twist it, and destroy it.

But you will also realize the world is not all bad. You'll meet new people who will become your closest friends in the years to come. Hint hint, make sure to follow the two short Asian girls when you enter AP Government class on your first day of school.

Freshmen me, right now your sister is a baby. She's young, and you probably find her extremely annoying. While that aspect won't change, I can promise you, she will mature. Just give it time. She will grow up, little by little. She will start talking about things you never expected her to talk about. As she grows up, you will realize that time is flying. And before you know it, she will be entering middle school. And you will be exiting high school.

These next three years, though, won't completely revolve around your life in school. Your social life won't completely revolve around school either. I know, currently, you and the rest of your family hangout with a couple of other families when you have the time on the weekends.They have kids too, and this group of friends range from ages eight to 15. You're not too close with them yet. You don't hangout with them outside of the dinners or parties your parents plan and force you to attend.

But these guys will practically become your brothers and sisters in the next three years. Make sure to cherish every time you guys hangout and mess around with each other. Because one by one, we'll leave.

As I write this letter to you, one of us is about to leave for college. Next year, it'll be another two of us. And as the years go by, the Guju Gang will go to different places to study and pursue their dreams. Freshmen-me, please promise me to cherish all the memories you will make with them.

Seems like a lot to happen in just three years right? It doesn't even seem like this much happened in the three years of middle school. It won't all be rainbows and sunshine. But you're a tough cookie. I know you. You're strong and independent. You put yourself down for the smallest of things. You know how to pull yourself back up, and you don't take nonsense from anyone. I wish I had seen those things in myself when I were you. It took me years to realize all these qualities we share, so never give up, past me. Never ever.

I'm going to enter my senior year of high school after this Summer. My last year before I walk across the stage to get my high school diploma. While there are many more memories to make like college decisions, it still saddens me that this stage of my life is almost over. Dear freshmen-me, if there's any piece of advice I could give you, it's nothing about grades or SAT's because I know you can handle those ups and downs. The only thing I wish for you to know is that time flies. Time flies really fast. Just know that if I could go back, and do it all over again, I would . So hold on tight. Because in the blink of an eye, you'll be where I am today.

Yours Truly,

Future Junior-Year (almost Senior) You

P.S.: Yes, Trump is elected President. Good luck.