Blast from the Past – Blog post from Jan 29, 2008 – What If…

Original Post:  https://tamibrothers.com/what-if/

(Note from today: Wow, I can’t believe how much this still applies…)

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I just read this post today by Rhonda Nel­son at the Soap­box Queens Blog. As a huge fan of coun­try music — and sexy men — , I too love Brad Pais­ley and his new song Let­ter To Me. For those who have not yet heard the song, it’s about an adult who writes a let­ter to his younger self giv­ing advice. Doesn’t this sound like a fun idea???

Rhonda went on to list a few things she’d tell her younger self if this was at all pos­si­ble and of course, I’m jump­ing on the idea.

At age 35 (did I really say that???) if I had a chance to send my 17 year-old self a let­ter, what would I say??? Welllllllllll—-

1. Keep your butt in school. I know you are grad­u­at­ing from high school, but col­lege is a very impor­tant step in a person’s life. Do you have any idea how hard it is to re enter col­lege at 35 years old??? You have a full schol­ar­ship. That means it’s paid for!!! What are you think­ing with this want­ing a break crap??? How stu­pid are you?

2. Use your sis­ters as your bride’s maids when you get mar­ried. It doesn’t mat­ter that you don’t get along right now. You’re teenage girls. You’re not sup­posed to get along. You’re fam­ily. Besides, the pic­tures would have been awesome.

3. And quit stress­ing over that wed­ding dress. Guess where it’s cur­rently stored. In a box in the stor­age shed. You will wear it once and you won’t even be happy with it then.

4. Get rid of those sweats and oversize T-shirts that dom­i­nate your wardrobe. Show off that size 4 fig­ure. Live a lit­tle. Trust me when I say it doesn’t last….

5. After you’re mar­ried, you’ll wait a few years to have kids. That’s still a great idea. But, you can also live like adults dur­ing that time. Go to the late show every once in a while. Take a week­end trip together. Go out and have fun as a cou­ple. It’s nice to plan for the future, but you have to live for today, also. Besides, you end up sell­ing that house you spend all your time and money on anyway.

6. And I know you will totally not under­stand me when I say this, but put the books away. It’s okay to read. But like I said in #5, you have to live, too. It’s easy to bury your­self in some­one else’s life and for­get that you have your own.

Okay. These are just a few of my own ideas. My hus­band is quick to say that if he only knew then what he knows now, he would have raised a whole lotta hell back then. Can you imag­ine the stress we would have put our par­ents through if only we had…

What would you have said to your 17 year-old self?