I just stumbled upon one of my very old posts (long story short, I made this account back in 2012, sometime after I left school - I was going through some stuff and asked for it to be deleted, I've since resurrected it and I'm glad I did). It got me thinking, if I had a time machine, and ran into my sixteen year old self, I'd barely recognise me. I've lost weight, cut off about ten inches of hair, and I'm far more confident as a person. My musical tastes have completely changed, too. Back then all I played was classical piano, now I do mostly Irish/British folk - I had somewhat of a renaissance when I got my tenor banjo, and I started singing and learnt to play the guitar (badly), also the violin and tin whistle (also badly), it was a bit of an explosion after a serious dip when I was sixteen/seventeen. I turn twenty-one next month, and overall I'm a lot happier and more comfortable in my own skin, and I'm nothing like the person that used to be me.
I'm that age right now, but I predict a lot'll change... It's nice to hear how much better you became I came here because the title reminded me of this: "Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana...!" K I'll leave now
I'm 20 and I have changed in a lot of ways. I have more knowledge and wisdom and experience. I behave a lot differently. Plus, I am in a position in which I want to make new friends.
Well Im 27 so 16 was awhile ago for me. Although it still seems like it wasn't all that long ago. I'm very different from my 16 yo self. Id like to think I am a better person than I was then. Knowing everything I know now I would give so much to go back in time.
I think knowing what we know now we would all go back and do things differently but hindsight is a wonderful thing. Really the most important thing is that you think you are a better person now and that you continue to grow.
When I was 16, I was homophobic and transphobic. I also tried to "fem up" and that failed. So, I was kinda butch with really long hair. It was down to my butt then. Now, I'm male, bisexual and no longer homophobic and transphobic.
Well I am older and I'd like to think wiser now. I don't take things at face value and I ask more questions. And after ages of trying to find out what works, I feel like I am now in a transitional period of changing my life so that it's the way I'd like it to be (longest ramble I know!). So in a few years time I'm hoping my life will be even more different to my 16 year old self
I hated my sixteen year old self. I was over emotional, whiny, entitled, and hated my parents for no good reason (obviously they are awesome people). Now I am wiser and more responsible.
Well I was 16 four months ago... so I'm not really that different, but maybe a bit more confident? I've made more of an effort to actually leave my comfort zone so I'm improving!! I think!!
I honestly don't remember what I was like between the ages of 14-17, since I mostly dissociated and I have purposely blocked out those years of my life. Something tells me that I'm in a much better place now.
I must admit I've done that a bit - I don't remember much from my school days, and I've kinda repressed everything from when I was sixteen.
