To My 20 Year Old Self | Response

To My 20 Year Old Self | Response

(If you haven't read the first post check it out here: To My 20 Year Old Self)

Dear old self, 

So I'm now 20 and it's safe to say after reading what I was doing at 18/19 I have definitely changed. 

You'll be glad to know I have actually got a better Job, I left the Lifeboat Cafe soon after you wrote the post for reasons we won't share. I then went to work at the Australian style cafe and when that closed I was lucky enough to get a job with the NHS although stupidly I don't think it's for me, hopefully I'll realise soon enough. 

I'm still struggling with friends, although not for the same reasons as last year. I have met some amazing peoeple over the past year and definitely realised who my good friends are. In the last post you told me to remember my 19th birthday, well my 20th has been 100 times worse! Those delightful people you invited out decided to stand you up but don't worry I don't intend on making an effort with any of them again.

I do still live on the Island but I have considered moving but at the moment I have other things I need to focus on (job, myself and family, you know what I mean). Although I have been to see Hannah-Mae and I've met a few people there, which is great! Although certain things have prevented me from having fun. 

I've finally learned to drive and an lucky enough to have a new car, although that Corsa is still on the drive!! I  did taxi some people but then people started taking advantage of me and thinking petrol doesn't cost anything so now I no longer do that. 

I have continued skating, well I gave it up towards the end of the year but recently started again but I'm not enjoying it like I was. But I am working so hard on my blog and music type stuff now so it's not all bad. 

Boys have completely gone and the only guys left in my life are my amazing friends. I know I sound like a whore but they are far less bitchy. 

I feel like I've learned a lot this past year, I went into really quiet boring Abbie quite a lot last year and thankfully I feel like I'm getting out of that now, I've realised not to take anything seriously. 

Wow that was a long one, I feel like it was complete rubbish but at least I stayed true to my word and made a response to it. 

Has anyone else done a post like this before? I'd really appreciate some feedback and tips. 

Thanks 

Abigale xo

To my 20 year old self

To my 20 year old self

(Long post, no photos, grab a coffee)

Dear 20 year old me, 

Hi, its 19 year old you here (just turned as well). I hope you are making me proud! Here's just a little list of things I hope you've changed in the last year. 

I really hope you've got yourself a better job, if you didn't leave the cafe in summer 2014 I'll be disappointed! Why you even went back the second year I'll never know. If you've not done that, the chances are you've not done anything else I'm going to write, so you might as well stop reading now. Maybe you've gone back to college? Haha, unlikely but you might be different! As long as your job is full time, I'm happy. 

One thing I'm currently struggling with is friends. I really hope you've found some new ones that aren't as crap as some of the ones I've got at the moment. Not all my friends may I add, if any of them read this (which I know they do ;) hi guys!) But anyway, remember your 19th birthday? I hope your new better friends are better for your 20th. 

My current situation is that I want to move away from the island (for anyone who's reading this, yes I live on an island and no its not as fancy as it sounds), I currently want to move up with our beautiful best friend Elbow (Ellie to normal people). I expect you're probably thinking that was a stupid idea but you never know I might like it up there. If you've not moved up there I hope you go up regularly! At the end of the day you two have so much in common. The same with Hannah-Mae - she's just asked to go and see her, so I hope you have! A few times. 

This year you've got to get driving! I really hope you passed your test first time and hopefully even got your car running. If you have, I do hope you aren't taxiing anyone around!! 

I recently started a new hobby and I bloody hope you've carried that one otherwise I wasted over £200 on nothing. And currently its great - progressing well and the people are so nice! What's it like now?

One thing I really hope has changed are the boys you hang around with - we all know they're getting me no where (apart from Jameson). As for the ones that're hanging around like a bad smell (we both know who that is) I hope he's gone for good! I'm working on it now so I hope it changes. 

The last thing I hope has changed is your foul language, its not as bad as a chav or anything but I've started swearing so much and I don't even realise, I'm working on it but I hope swearing is down to a minimum in your life now. 

So yeah that's it! Hopefully 1 year on I'll be different. If any of you are going to or have wrote a letter to your future/past self send me the link as I would love to read it. I may also write a letter to my former self soon too, so let me know if you want to see that.

Thanks for reading! :) 

Abbie xx