be your own

Hey there galpal, How're you going? I'm doing pretty okay. Very tired though, you know how it is/was. My subjects, Chemistry (worried about getting my first assessment marks back), English Advanced (not hating it as much as usual), English Extension (for which I am currently procrastinating), General Maths (my class is awful), Modern History (civil rights yay) and Visual Arts (having just finished Stephanie I now need to do my visual diary and essay joy oh joy). We had basketball trials today, and if I'm not immediately placed into the bottom team I do not know what they are thinking. I've come to the realisation that I really do love sport, I just wish that I'd played sport from a young age so I'd actually be coordinated today and not a total dick who can't do anything. Remind me in my next letter to do so for my children (if I have any of course) I hope you're well into your time at Uni, and I hope you're studying something science or arts related...Don't waste what I know is a very dedicated and hardworking brain. Always be a learner with a growth mindset okay. Don't ever be a fixed mindset kind of gal. Please please keep up with the languages, French and others too - remember you're going to spend lots of your life travelling. Holy jesus, please tell me you've kept going with the film and photography - Its been such a passion for so long that if you've dropped it fucking start again okay. Keep making beautiful films (I'm still working on the first one) and taking extraordinary photographs - remember, no one in the whole world sees things the same way you do, try and share that with everyone. A few final words before I leave you: 1. Remember to feel everything as strongly as possible, don't shut that part of you off, its better to have felt and lost than not to have felt at all 2. Be the best you possible - don't compromise on the important things in life and remember that its okay to put yourself first some of the time. 3. Exercise!! At LEAST three times a week (you'll thank us for this in the future) 4. Try not to shut your friends or family out and tell everyone who you love, that you do love them as much as possible 5. Never miss an opportunity and try to enjoy EVERYTHING Okay, I'm going to leave you now, stay strong and be your own Love always, Me (Sophie, aged 17 minus 18 days) PS. Write more emails to yourself from the past (futureme.org okay don't forget) PPS. the password is 20031038 xx