A while ago I bought, “Tiny Beautiful Things” by Cheryl Strayed because a lot of people were recommending it but never got around to reading it. Well I finally finished it and I really loved it. If you haven’t read it you really should. I think its really well written.
Anyways, The last question she got asked to write about was “What would you tell your twentysomething self if you could talk to her right now?” and I guess I just really loved it and loved reading what she had to say. Some of it made me laugh as it only pertained to her and she didn’t elaborate, some of it made me smile as it was sweet, and most of it I found extremely useful as I am about to turn 22 and am feeling incredibly lost in life and have no idea what my place is in the world.
I do not have a lot of male perspective in my life, so I wanted to pass the question on to you guys: “What would you tell your twentysomething self if you could talk to him right now?”
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Let’s say I talk to my 20 year old self, I would say:
You will get on the right path but for now you are a fucking moron.
Stay in school
I’d tell myself that emotional maturity will come later, as will the ability to negotiate romantic relationships more realistically, but for now don’t kick yourself over failed romances.
“Leave and disappear.”
I think I’d push self acceptance. Being okay with not being good enough. I risked my life quite a few times to achieve things my body is not meant to be able to do. Sometimes I managed to achieve things for a fleeting moment, but perhaps ended up in hospital or w.e.
Sup
Keep it in your pants
IM LOOKING AT THE MAN IN THE MIRROR
I’d tell myself to leave the country and never look back.
Other than telling myself to buy more tech stocks (turned 20 in 1985) I wouldn’t change much.
Buy Bitcoin. And sell it when it touches 69k.
It’s gonna be alright man, keep your head up. You gotta learn to look past those that don’t care about you and move to grow on your own.