a letter to my younger self

Hey Shivani

you probably won't recognize me, I am an around ten years older you. yeah! I almost weigh 20-25 kg more, there are a few grey hairs that now show up in the crown and puffy eyes that I got after sleepless nights tending to the needs of the baby. But never mind, I wear all of them with proud as a badge of motherhood!

Hey dear, stop worrying so much about your looks, in the end, that won't matter. The carefree college days won't come back so enjoy them to fullest. Do not worry about what others think about you or how people are going to judge you because of your looks. Stop pushing yourself to fit into the beauty standards world gives us and explore yourself beyond that. Be what you want to be and not what others expect you to be. Widen your arms and embrace your talents and pursue what you want to not what society wants from you. Somewhere in the middle of trying someone you are not you lose the original you. But if you chose to be the real you, you will get more successful and happier life. Ten years down the line, it won't matter how you look what will matter is, how good a person you are. For your children and family, you will be the most beautiful person and they will love you for who you are not for how you look. What matters most is what you have achieved in your life and what you can give back to the society.  

Stop being an emotional fool and invest in your relationships. you will not need a large social circle, ultimately a few bunch of people, who really matters to you will stay and those are the ones you really need in your life. Those few people will be there for you when life gives you hard times. So stop wasting time over silly crushes and on those crazy people with whom you cant connect.

Find some time for your family, for you will get married at a young age and then you are going to miss your family a lot. All those weekend plans with hostel friends can take a back seat sometimes and you can visit your family instead. Make some family memories and talk to your mother often. She is the one you are going to miss most once you become a mother yourself. Plan surprises for your family as those moments are going to last forever. Do not ignore your family and collect more memories with them as that's what you will need when you will feel alone later in your life. For people may come and go but it's the family who stands by you in all the thicks and thins of your life. 

Embrace your challenges and learn from them. Do not fear failure and give yourself a chance to learn from it. How you will learn if you never made mistakes. Do not fear what others may think or say, it doesn't mean anything to them. So trust yourself and you are going to shine like a diamond among rocks.

LOVE,

your much older self.

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I thank Pragnya for introducing me, you can read her post on her blog lifewithmypenguin.wordpress.com

Now, I would like to introduce Aishwarya who blogs at realandreeljourney.wordpress.com , read her post and show some love. 

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