Hello, New Decade!
January 18, 2020Dear Self,
It has been an amazing year for you. You've finally graduated college, got your first job and quit three months after (right decision, by the way), watched beautiful sunsets by the beach with the most important people in your life in many different occasion, went out of the country for the first time, healed, found your peace, and had incredibly fallen in love with your family. 2019 is hard to top, if I had to be honest.
But when and if you think about it you are already living your best life — I tell you, your life is just beginning.
A new decade has rolled upon your eyes and my only hope is that you use wisely the brand new chances right before you to open doors of opportunities; and that you maximize them all while notably spending the time you'd be generously given with good, kind-hearted, positive, and loving people.
I wish for your GROWTH — for there could be no better time to allow yourself to dream vividly, fulfill your heart's desires, and live purposefully than now. I hope you find clarity and seek what you genuinely want; your life goals, your ultimate dreams, and your true intentions. I want to see it through your hopeful eyes and watch you chase them one by one with a courageous heart.
I hope you be FEARLESS enough to get out of the rut you've been stuck in since who knows when. That is not your sanctuary. This year, I hope you trust yourself more and listen carefully to what your heart is saying — for in so many cases, what your chambers are whispering are almost always right. I hope you go for it, whatever it is that you want, because so many chances were already lost just because you didn't believe in yourself enough. Please don't repeat the same mistake this year.
I hope you are STRONG enough to embrace wholeheartedly the many ups and downs that come with this crazy transition phase. It is difficult and you had a slight fair share of it last year. It is going to be harder now but I do hope you become independent and start living like an adult. Learn to do things on your own and by yourself. Spend wisely. Take care of your finances. Work hard. Eat healthy. Stand up for yourself. Make decisions by yourself. There would be countless times of rejections, multiple questions of self-doubt, and many episodes of pain, losses, and heartbreaks. But I do hope you conquer all of them with a gallant heart and that you come out of it even braver, wiser, stronger, and kinder than the woman the past two decades have shaped you.
I hope you STAY COMMITTED enough to finish whatever you decide to start. You get so enthusiastic and get so deeply involved with a project that you put so much of your energy building it; only to leave it so easily and jump into a new one once the opportunity arises. It has always been your struggle and it is ugly. I hope you work it out this year. I wish you work only with the best interests at heart and that you allot your energy on the right things only. Never lose your drive and keep that passion burning. I hope you persevere more until half-baked results reach its fruition.
I hope you write more because it is only through words that you find and achieve your peace. This is your solace and you need this to keep yourself together amidst all the noise. No matter how nonsensical the lines would seem or how repetitive the sentiments are, keep writing. These spaces are not going to judge you. You need your quiet moments, too; so rest if you need to and allow your heart to talk.
I hope you start planning your future. 2020 is that single step that will lead to a thousand other journeys. It literally feels like bering reborn, but this time around, you are learned and much better with a rational thinking and humbled heart to start over, start living, and start doing things right for your future. And you owe it to yourself 10-15 years from now to live a happy, fruitful, and purposeful life.
I hope you start ticking things off in your bucketlist. I hope you visit cities you've never been to. I hope you taste exotic cuisine from all over the world. I hope you see glorious sunsets. I hope you start living healthily to last 80 more years on earth. I hope you do all these things in 2020, all while making memories of a lifetime and sharing these experiences with the people who truly matter.
This will be a meaningful season of learning for you. Be patient and just take it all in. I am positive that you are about to do something crazy good and amazing and the world will never be ready for it.
Everyone else is rooting for you. You can do it.
xx,
AMYD
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