Tweets to my teen self

Oct 15, 2012 22:56

People started tweeting at their teen selves on Twitter. I tried to pack all the advice I could into one tweet, and then expanded ( Read more... )

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thepokeduck October 16 2012, 18:45:39 UTC
Your past self would not be satisfied with "It's not even a big deal." He would be confused and upset that the love he hoped for had died. How would you explain Polyamory to him in a way he would not reject?

I've struggled with this problem as well. Just saying "I'm unbelievably happy with my life" doesn't seem like it would convince my teen self that being a huge slut is awesome.

Are you supposed to give your teen self advice on how to more quickly reach the current state? Or advice that would help them with the problems they had back then? Or just reassure them that things turn out okay? These are all different goals and would change the content and approach of the tweets.

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