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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Good morning you beautiful people,
I hit the half century milestone recently, it sounds ridiculous to me as I really don't feel anywhere near my age. One of the realisations I've found that comes with age, is that the things that I worried about when I was younger, really aren't worth losing any sleep over. Age gives us a different perspective on life, and personally, I find that that focuses my attention on the things that are really important - being myself without worrying about what other people think of me, valuing the people in my life and the experiences I have rather than material things, being a couple of examples.
If I could give my young self some advice, it would be to be myself and stand proud in the face of disapproval or criticism, to seek out the people who accept me for who I am, and don't try to change me to suit themselves better. No-one has the perfect blueprint for life, we're all generally just trying to do our best to make it through in one piece, with our sanity relatively intact.
If you could write a letter to your younger self, what nugget of wisdom would you impart?
V x"
Have just hit the same milestone here. I used to have a lot of hang ups about my youth, my wild, reckless and often dangerous behaviour but, having worried about it, if I had to write to my younger self then I would say just do it! I wouldn’t want to change a thing  |
. What I know now is down to life's lessons and experiences, younger me needed to go through that.
If I absolutely had to I would just write "enjoy!"
Here's what I would write;
'Enjoy your body
use it in every way you can...
don't be afraid of it, or what other people think of it
it's the greatest instrument you'll ever own'