p.0 — to my younger self — you’re a work in progress
rambling (*feel free to skip this article*)
i don’t know about you … but i have a lot of thoughts (*it’s crazy). they are floating around like tiny molecules in the air. writing is a way for me to release some space in my brain capacity, so i can have more thoughts (*it’s a vicious cycle lol*).
i’d take a screenshot, highlight quotes in an article/ or a book, or take some notes on my phone or a random piece of paper. as much as i’m super organized with work and some parts of my personal life, i don’t have an organized system for my thoughts (*i know, right. the thoughts just pop up randomly when i’m walking, cooking, showering, … — okay, how can you jot down your thoughts in those situations? tell me*).
my thoughts can be found in the most random places you can think of, like in my head (*of course lol*), Google Drive, laptop, notebook, etc.
BUT the problem is 90% of the time, i don’t remember what i took notes of! i have a brain of a golden fish (*i’m serious. and even a goldfish is smarter and can remember more things than me — like what time his owner feeds him and how to swim through the tank without hitting the algae!)
each note that I took had some sort of connection with me at that moment. similar to the idea of reading a book, depending on where you are in your life at the moment, you will find different parts of the book resonate more with you (*does it make sense to you?*).
“to my younger self” is a series of notes
that i’m going to write for my younger self — the person who was days younger than i’m today.
i already started writing these notes … because there are too many to put in one article, so i have to break them down into a series.
i’ll write these notes and publish them right away. i’ll try my best to put them in a category; however, i want to acknowledge that
this is a work in progress …
it’s not perfect. i’m not going to wait until i have the final version of this series, edit them and then post them, because:
- i’m also a work in progress. everyday i wake up and i’ll have one more day to live and learn, and continue to be this tiny dot on the world map.
- my thoughts are not static. they evolve and change. though i do notice i’m slowly “settling down” in my way as i’m getting older, i want to challenge myself to never stop looking at things from different perspectives, as well as get out of my comfort zone to meet more people, learn more lessons, listen to more stories and open my mind with the whole new world.
- if there’s a final version of this series, it means i died and stopped living. (*if for millions of reasons, that day comes, goodbye my friend. thanks for listening to me rambling about my life*).
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Cheers!
