If I were given a time to return and talk to myself in the past, I’d choose to talk to my 2011 year old self. And this will be the content of my letter…
Ehlie of 2011,
One of the best things you could do in life is to enjoy every moment you have with your friends. The problem right now (2024) was that you do not socialize with people that often. Unless you are close and always interacting with them, you tend to slip away. Why? I am curious, too. Probably you grew up to be an introvert? Or because you just want to own your own world?
One thing, you also imagine a lot! Did you start doing that during that time? 2011? What year are you? Uh. Second year? Yeah. You are in second year. You have so many friends that time! You have so may fun memories, ones that I am still cherishing until this moment. Uh, look how young you are. Your only stress is how to get to school with stomach full in every day scenario. Right now, you are stressed with things. I wish you are enjoying your life.
Study well. You need to graduate. You want to be a teacher, aren’t you? You will. Just study smart and well. Do not procrastinate all the time. You can but do not overdo.
Please have a strong mind. Finish all things one at a time. Do not simultaneously do it. It will not help you out.
At that time, you are engrossed in writing. Keep all your stories. You will enjoy reading them when the time comes. Well, up until now you love writing. So do not stop writing good stories, Ehlie. However, your genre changes from time to time. At that time, you love romance and fantasy, now you like tragedy and morbid stories. The drastic change of your preference is beyond my imagination.
You also love watching mystery-thriller stories. You love sci-fi, too! Star Wars and Back to the Future are your favorites. You even watched them in DVDs! Alone.
Then, you tend to enjoy American series such as The Vampire Diaries, Supernaturals, Pretty Little Liars, The Originals, and One Tree Hill. You get an inclination with musical series, too. You love Camp Rock, Glee, and Highschool Musical. You also enjoy watching modelling, runways, and fashion show series and projects. Your love for dressmaking is resurfaced. You truly enjoy watching how intricate it is to make clothes.
How I miss those days. They are fun and relaxing at the same time. Those are the days that have completed my being. Now, you tend to read, watch, and write stories that are tragic. Historical fiction is still your favorite genre. And watching documentaries is still a hobby. Remember how you always wake up at four in the morning just to watch GMA 7‘s Opening Ceremony and I-Witness? You do not wake that early na because you already know how to use YouTube.
You will love One Direction, too. You being a fan exceeds to staying four hours in a computer shop just to download all the videos and music of them. You are totally engrossed with them especially Niall Horan. Up until now, you love him still. Then, you start liking boy bands of the 90’s, Westlife, Backstreet Boys. Even The Queen and Boyzone. Till now, their music is in your playlist.
You also engage in radio texting to greet people or even request a song! How time flies so fast. Well, this is life.
You will be in your third year in high school, right? You only have two close friends, Rhea and Eloiza. You have drifted apart in my time. That’s okay. That’s time’s work. You are still acquainted by heart. Don’t worry.
That is your worst year level in high school. You enjoy it but you do not at the same time. I do not want to elaborate because you must feel the emotions. You must experience those things to be who you are today. They are petty things actually (if I am reminiscing it today). Because it is normal to experience those. So, you do not need to worry, Ehlie. You are going to be good.
You will try to engage in COC, planning to be a CAT Officer. But you will quit. Haist. You will not regret naman. Everything happens for a reason, girl. And so, just enjoy your life. I do not regret anything now. Just go with the flow.
Don’t change anything. Just enjoy.
Love,
Ehlie of 2024
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