#DearMe
Some of my favorite
women from YouTube participated in this new campaign entitled #DearMe where
they made a video talking to their younger self. The videos were all about
telling your younger self the things you needed to hear. Words of
encouragement, inspiration, assurance that things do in fact get better and
anything else you needed to say. Some of the people I admire like Hannah Hart and Grace Helbig made videos for the campaign and it inspired me to tell my
younger self some things I definitely needed to hear.
Dear Me,
So here’s
the deal, we've got to talk about your life choices and how you treat yourself.
You have got to stop tearing yourself down and learn to love yourself. I know
how hard that’s going to be, with everything that’s happening in your life but
you cannot beat yourself because you already have people in your life trying to
destroy you and you don’t need to add to that. Don’t let what others say at
school or at home make you hate yourself because you’re going to spend a lot of
time hating yourself and you are so much more than that. It’s going to get dark
for a while and you’re going to feel like nothing will ever change and you’re
going to turn to hurting yourself as a way to cope with that dark time and but
I promise you it’s going better. You’re going to put down the razor and learn
to love yourself. You’re going to get more involved in your writing and the
things you love and pull yourself out of that self-destructive path and you’re
going to be so proud of yourself. Depression and anxiety are going to get the
best of you sometimes and it’s going to feel like you’re drowning but you’re
going to make it and you’re never going to turn to hurting yourself ever again.
Don’t waste your time with silly school-girl crushes because 1. They’re all
fuckboys and not worth your time and 2. You’re literally only pretending to
like them so you have something to talk about while your friends talk about
boys. In the grand scheme of things, boys fall very low on your list of
importance. Unless they’re over 30 and wear superhero costumes for a living
because, let’s not even get started on your obsession with The Avengers- you’ll
get to that in a few years. Learn to say no and put yourself first. A lot of
the people in your life that you bend over backwards for will not do the same
for you and you need to learn to say no and put yourself first. Right now, you
have plans for the future doing things you love, you’re a part of the most
AMAZING company ever, Kiss My Southern Sass, you have the best KMSS Big, you
have wonderful sorority sisters and you’re still cheerleading. You’re writing
about the things you love the most- makeup, horror movies, and fashion. You
talked to Naya Rivera. You got involved in musical theater again. You saw
Panic! At The Disco live and yes, it was everything you ever wanted it to be
and more (and yes, they performed your favorite song). My Chemical Romance will
break up and it’s gonna ruin your life but it’s cool- they’re all still making
music separately and if you play your cards right you’ll get to see Frank Iero
in a few weeks (CROSS YOUR FINGERS). You’re doing things that make you happy
and you have some pretty awesome people in your life.
Just know that you’re not a waste of space, your life has
purpose and you matter. I’m so proud of you for sticking it out and not ending
things when you wanted to. There’s so much more to come and I’m glad you’re
still around to see it happen.
Love, Your Future Self.
Please check out the #DearMe videos and join in and create
your own video (or write about it) and use the hashtag #DearMe to share your
story.
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