December Daily: say something nice to your young self

[resonant]

Last prompt of the year, from mergatrude - what five compliments/encouragements would you give your young self. (I guess I was a little sharp when I gave my 25-year-old self advice earlier.)

5. You don't need to lose any weight. Seriously. You look great.

4. I'm going to put this here as well as in advice: yoga. Not everybody loves it, but you will. You're going to love it so much. I can't wait to see how much you love it.

3. You've spent your whole life thinking that looking at incomplete information and figuring out what question to ask and who to ask it to is ... cheating, somehow? Something that you do because you didn't do the homework or something? That's an actual skill, though, and you shouldn't feel so bad about using it.

2. The things that you're deeply mortified about -- nobody remembers them but you. Probably nobody noticed them much even while they were happening. It won't be long before you hardly remember them yourself.

1. Speaking of things you're going to love, there's this thing called fandom, see ...

Comments

[clevermanka]

You've spent your whole life thinking that looking at incomplete information and figuring out what question to ask and who to ask it to is ... cheating, somehow?
I kinda want to shake whomever taught you that. It's such a valuable skill! I wish so much I could eradicate the whole concept of BOOTSTRAPS from humanity's collective un/consciousness. We are social animals! We're hardwired to rely on each other for physical and emotional/intellectual needs and brainwashing us out of that mindset is so damaging.

[ride_4ever]

1. "There's this thing called fandom...."

So very, very glad for your part in my fandom l ife! 💜

[minoanmiss]

Good advice. :)

[china_shop]

♥

(Happy New Year!)

[mergatrude]

\fandom/

I understand it's been a bit of an effort, but thank you for sharing them with us. :)

[adafrog]

1. lolol Word.

[lunabee34]

#5, #2

Oh, yes. Oh, yes.