Letter to your 10 year old self

Dear 10-year old me,

First of all, no, you'll probably never catch that Feebass and you can't fly up in the rocket in Mossdeep City. Also, you should probably stop playing Pokemon Ruby for a bit and play outside. Just a thought, kid.

Second, you know that friend? The blonde one, with the pretty smile who has a refreshing, slight celery smell? I know you keep thinking about kissing her. One day, kid, you do. And if you don't do anything too terribly stupid, you'll be glad to know them.

Would also like to mention that, satisfying as it felt to pound the class bully within an inch of his life, that's generally not passe.

No need to be so jealous of your baby sister. Believe it or not, in eight years she turns out to be pretty cool. Be warned, kid. She's not the only sibling coming. Brace yourself.

Tell your mom the lottery numbers were _____ and say hi to your dad for me.

Signed,
Your future self, Ron
PS- You might be wondering why future you is a guy named Ron. You'll figure it out soon enough.

 

'Dear Sully, You're gay.'. Maybe with a little more subtlety...like 'don't deny what you feel'...

That would about sum it up otherwise, my life's turned out pretty well for me.

 

"Dear me,
I'd hate to hear about my life all over again. Just remember to make it slightly better by doing this the right way.
Also, remember not to hit your brother again because he'll turn out to be pretty mad at you until you give him sweets and treat him nice.
Go to this place ___ and get involved in the meetings there. I'd rather you found out at 10 than years later when you'll regret it.
Stay alive.
-x"

 

Holly, you always come up with something challenging lol. After giving it a lot of thoughts... probably... dear N, your life is going to be great for the next x decades. After I'll figure out what to do then, I'll tell you. Because right now, I have no idea.

 

Dear 10 year old me: Just bloody transition now, so your crucial education won't be messed up, and you don't have to have top surgery.

 

Hi. Its me (you) from the future.

Here are the Euromillions Lottery numbers which get drawn on Friday the 7th of March 2014 (draw 674): 05 10 38 40 41.
Lucky Stars: 01 08.
Millionaire Raffle: CXW334054

You will win £83,990,000.

Congratulations and good luck (you wont need it).

Love,

You (me)
xxxxx

 

dear 10 year old self,

in about a year from now, things go rapidly downhill in every way possible, so be prepared.

 

Dear 10 year old me,

I know you're confused about whether you like boys or girls. It's okay because I'll know you will figure it out eventually.

School sucks because the bullies won't leave you alone. I get that. But as you go through life, there will be people out there who will put you down. You have to pick yourself up and defend yourself through a non-violent means. If it means letting your parents or teachers know about the situation, do it. If it means using your wit to make the bullies look stupid, do it. Just don't let them get away with attacking who you are.

As a heads up, you probably will procrastinate A LOT. Try not to... because cramming sucks. Do things bit by bit so that you don't go crazy at the last second. Even now, I still procrastinate, so I am being hypocritical. However, I'm letting you know in advance so that you don't fall into the same trap.

Also, convince your parents that you want to study karate. There's a dojo literally a block away from our house. Or dance. Or gymnastics. Or anything really. Just get some exercise. You need that because you're stuck at home all the time playing video games. You're not living in a safe neighborhood, but that's not an excuse to not get out and live life. Do it. You won't regret it.

Sincerely,
The older you

 

In a nutshell,

Make choices. Bad choices are better than no choices. Spend time with people you/I can't now. Learn to drive earlier. Do better in school. Dont bother with my ex >_>

 

I couldn't write to the younger me. The me then wouldn't believe that she could ever be the me I am now. And I'm afraid that if I did write the younger me, she'd do her best never to become me, and then I'd being a boring Christian with my head stuck up my ass all my life.

________________________________

But then again, it could be a clarifying moment, so here goes:

Dear Jade,

Don't be afraid. Never be afraid of anything, not even Hell, because it does not exist. You are exactly who you believe that you are, and despite what anyone says, there's nothing wrong with that. I should know. I'm you, and I did it.

Sincerely,

Jade

PS, You have my permission to tell the school principle to go to Hell so you can get into public school. And one more little surprise: You're a guy! Yeah, that's right! You're not crazy! There are more people like you who were born in the wrong body. You're not alone. Now go out there and be who you are!

 

Here's something I wrote awhile back. It's what I wish someone had told me when I was 10-12 years old.

Don’t let them tell you you’re not OK. You’re a wonderful person - everyone’s wonderful, even if they’re hurt, even if they do bad things, even if they don’t think they’re wonderful. You need to remember that. Use that knowledge as a shield between you and anyone who tries to hurt you, or says you need to be someone else.
Try to remember you’re not the only one fighting this. You may be surrounded by people who all seem to want to tear you into pieces and rebuild you as someone totally different, but chances are there’s someone on your side. You may not have even met them yet. Keep looking.
You’re not the only one in the world like you. There’s others whose minds work in similar ways, who understand how it feels like you’re an alien in human morph, like you look just like everyone else but inside you’re totally different. There’s a name for how you’re different. You may not even understand what’s so strange about you, but there’s still a name for it somewhere, and someday you will find out what it is. You’ll learn what kind of person you really are.
And it’s not your fault if you feel powerless, if you can’t avoid something bad. It’s not your fault if they threaten you and you give in. But fighting back can help you hold on to your power, can help you hold on to yourself. And if you figure out the right way to fight, you can help someone else. But remember, you don’t need to put yourself through more than you can handle to fight the wrongs of the world. You need to learn to take care of yourself as well. You need to find someone you can trust, someone you can be vulnerable around without them hurting you.
Don’t punish yourself. They’re punishing you too much already, and it’s not fair. You need to respect yourself, and love yourself instead of hating yourself. It’s OK to make mistakes. You don’t have to be perfect to be an OK person. You don’t have to know everything to be proud of your mind, and you don’t have to be good at something to like doing it. Don’t let them kill your love of things by making fun of how you do them. Find your own way to enjoy them.
Remember to love yourself. You need to take care of yourself. You’re not selfish if you need things. And there’s more than one right way to do things, doing it differently isn’t the same as doing it the wrong way. You don’t have to do it their way, even if you only want to do it that way because they say it’s wrong. And don’t be afraid to be yourself even when others will think the wrong thing. If they can’t kill you, then you’ll survive, and the only danger is that they’ll damage your self. And the only way to fight that is to be yourself.
Love yourself. It’s not your fault. You don’t have to be serious all the time, don’t let them take your fun away from you. Being silly is not a betrayal of the pain people are going through, it helps you cope. Don’t feel bad if you react the ‘wrong’ way, as long as you care about other people’s pain it’s OK to react in a strange way. It’s OK to laugh from fear if that’s what’s natural for you. It’s OK to find things funny even in the midst of awfulness.
Don’t let anyone tell you you’re a bad person. Everyone is valuable, everyone has some good in them. No one’s perfect. Normal isn’t perfect, in fact you may have noticed normal has some problems with it. But they can be fixed by nice normal people who like diversity. And it’s OK to be white even though white people have done bad things to the other races. Racism isn’t unique to white people, and it’s not counter-white to be nonracist. Same goes for any other difference.
Don’t be afraid to seek help. You can’t fight the world alone, find the people who can help you fight the good fight. Find someone who’ll get angry on your behalf when you are hurt. It can help remind you that you don’t deserve to be hurt.

 

Dear 10 year old me (known as Matt),

You know how you've always wanted to be a girl, well guess what, that's because you ARE a girl. Unfortunately though, I have to shatter that illusion that everyone wants to be one, because not everyone does. I'm telling you this now, so you can begin the whole process of finding yourself earlier, so you don't have to live a lie for so long.

Also, I should probably mention to you that you, Mum and the rest of the family are much better off without your Dad in the house and you don't have to try to protect her. Just be there for her.

You're also going to do a degree in Maths and Physics, which sounds cool, right? Well, you'll actually realise that you prefer Chemistry, like you initially thought. YOU have to make the decision, don't let anyone else do it. But buckle down in school, you get good grades anyway BUT you could be so much better off (like probably OxBridge - Even though you won't like Cambridge too much. :L).

Although it might be hypocritical of me to say, try not to let things get you down. Once you realise who you are and love yourself (again, hypocritical), the small things won't bother you anywhere near as much.

You're a wonderful person, and people will tell you that, but it's worth believing.
All the best from 21 year old you,
Mia.

[Also, don't choose playing RuneScape or other video games instead of socialising with friends when the opportunity arises. ]

 

:roflmao:

 

Dear Envira,

It's you from the future. I'm only four years older but you have no idea how much can change in that amount of time.

Remember when Daddy showed you that photography site for your school project? I'll save you the time and tell you that the nudes are going to give you this strange feeling that you're missing something. This will lead you back to Natalie, your friend from first grade, and you'll realize that you liked her.

You're gay, honey. And there's nothing you can do about it. Not that you'd want to anyway, but don't try.

In two years you're going to meet this amazing girl Atalya, and she's going to tell you she bi. Tell her you're gay. Right then and there. You're going to fall in love with her, and it'll save you the trouble if you tell her now. You might find something with her, although I don't know, because I haven't gotten there myself.

Just do your best to love yourself. There's nothing that I can do about the situation with Elisa, but promise me you won't become like her. I know that one night it'll get so bad that you'll grab your new swiss army knife and press it against your thigh, but don't go there. I know you won't draw blood, but you deserve more than the world is offering you right now, so go find new opportunities.

Love,
You (four years from now.)

 

Dear 10 year old me,

You really don't think about this much but you're bi and you're going to try to pretend to be straight from age 13 till age 15. DON'T DO THAT, JUST LOVE WHO YOU ARE ABD BE HAPPY!!! By the way, your girlfriend you have right now will cheat on you but you'll meet a girl in a year or two who will be awesome and y'all will date in four years and will break up and then you will try being friends with some guy who will back stab you. By the way, when you are 15 a friend will say something about talking a guy into dating you, DO IT!!!!! Also, you'll actually like band and chorus and want to do drama also even though your class spots are filled with band and chorus.

Love, yourself in 6 years

 

Dear myself,

Tell your friend around his 26th birthday to get checked for lymphoma. Save him the heartache and pain.

Otherwise learn to like yourself earlier. And have confidence.

-K

 

Dear Me,
Don't Trust The Skull,
Don't Trust Yoshimo,
Invest in Google.

 

Dear Bryan,

I'm going to skip the formalities and give you some instructions to follow when certain events happen over the next 15 years as well as some other useful information.

-Your relationship with your mother won't improve. Don't try.
-When he asks if you want to stay in the living room or go to his bedroom, choose his bedroom.
-In 2010, start saving money to get your car fixed. That way, you won't lose the current job you have.
-Stay friends with the charismatic blonde guy you'll meet online and reject his advances. You'll save yourself six months of lies and hurt.
-In 2013, don't attend the Memorial.
-Your father is going to fake having colon cancer. Do not allow mother to guilt you into feeling sorry for him.
-Don't go above and beyond for a certain best friend. It'll save you a lot of emotional energy.
-Please don't waste $7 on Virtua Fighter 5...
-Please buy a better t.v., phone, and computer while you have the money.
-Don't get too close with those at church, and try to get closer to your schoolmates, despite mother's protesting.
-Embrace your sexuality while in high school, and be decisive about following your career path and leaving the religion as soon as possible. Your life will turn out much happier.

I'm only telling you these things to save you from a lot of emotional hurt. Please be smart and heed my instructions.

Bryan

 

Dear Me,

Continue to keep your everlasting happiness because people will try to steal it from you. Don't sell it because it is priceless. Don't be ashamed of it because others don't have it. Only you can make you happy.