 | Choose a particular age you have been, perhaps a time when you were particularly lost. Write out a list of practical advice to yourself at that age. Begin the list with this header: "Advice To Michelle Cambell at Sixteen" (only use your name and whatever age you want.) You must specify the age that you are giving yourself advice to!! Be very specific with your advice, for example, don't just say "Hold on to your heart," but instead say "Don't go out with Kevin, he will eventually cheat on you. Go out with Jake instead, he is actually cooler." If you need to use fake names go ahead. It is easy to say that everything happens for a reason, but take this opportunity to redirect yourself towards what you think might have been better. Sure everything turned out ok, but maybe you should have quit that job five years earlier, maybe you should have had children when you were 27, maybe you should have flossed, maybe you should have gone to the alternative high school, or not said that thing to your best friend. Tell yourself what to do in clear, specific language. Do not write an essay, make it in list form.
Advise to Katelyn Piniewski at age 17:
-Don't give all your time to Jimmy Gualda, as he will only screw you over for his ex girlfriend
-Charish your friends more and give them the love they deserve, because you will soon move far away from them
-Spend more time with your family. Period.
-Love your brother for all he is, continue to fight with him, but take him out more often and talk to him about his life, every aspect.
-BE CAREFUL AT PROM. Dont drink. It WILL end badly.
-Look at yourself and realize you are beautiful. YOU ARE NOT FAT!
-Stay thin and fit but DO NOT do it in an unhealthy way
-Take your college choice very seriously, don't pick it on a whim. ECU might not be the right choice, you may want to follow your Texas friends to UTSA with everyone else.
-Love yourself and your family, I cannot stress this enough. Don't be crabby when you are forced to go out with them. Take that time and hold on to it.
-Take more pictures of your family. You have enough of you and your friends.
-When your grandma comes to visit for graduation have meaningful conversations with her, this will be an important time for the two of you.
-And if I could give you one last piece of advice, I would tell you to NOT BE SO STUPID. Your life is NOT a fairytale in which everything is going to work out. There are really bad times to come and you need to be prepared.
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This was a very interesting assignment. I really enjoyed it. There are soooo many things I want to say to my old self, 5 years ago. I was so sure that I had everything figured out at that age it was interesting to go back and tell myself just how much I did NOT have figured out, just about everything. I wish badly that I could have made things easier for myself, but everything happens for a reason and things worked out the way they were supposed to. It took a long time for me to realize that but after doing this assignment I realized that ever if I would have had this advice I most likely would have not follow it. This was very interesting.
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