What would you say to the person you were 5 years ago and to the person you will be in 5 years?6/14/2021 What would you say to the person you were 5 years ago?
As we get older and get more experienced, we wish we can turn back time and do some things differently. As we get older, we mature and learn the things that a few years ago we did not, and we wish we did. I am 20 years old right now, therefore five years ago I was 15 years old and I was a teenager. A lot of teenagers want to grow up as fast they can, but that was not the case with me. This is why from the aspect of living in the moment and enjoying the years that I have, which are probably the best years in one’s life, I did everything right and that is something that I am proud of myself of five years ago. However, two big things that I would say to myself when I was 15 are “Always know your worth” and “Your hard work in school will be worth it. But don’t kill yourself with studying. I was the number one tennis player my age in my country. However, I was humble, and yes there is nothing wrong with being humble, but I was way too humble and I did not fight enough for what I deserve, and, in my eyes, there was nothing spectacular being the best in the country. Which form this standpoint that I have right now is a huge success that not a lot of people can have. Anyways, I did not see it as a big thing back then and I would avoid interviews or talk about my results, which was wrong because in that way I would be more exposed to the world and maybe find sponsors because my family could not finance my tournaments completely and it was always a struggle. I let people then are not as good as I was being represented like they are and that is something that I regret. That is why the first thing that I would say is “Always know your worth.” Another thing is that I would study way too much and I would miss out on more fun things because of studying. Yes, school is important, and because of my grades, I came to Marquette but even with a much lower GPA, I would be able to do the same thing. I realize that GPA is not that important the practice is what is important, applying your knowledge. I would not go outside to play with my friends even if my mom would tell me to go, because I thought that I never studied enough, and I need more. Moreover, practicing 6 hours per day and going to school was very exhausting and I believe that my tennis lacked a little bit because of my school as well. Right now, I wished that I did not study as hard and that I used more free time for relaxing and thinking about things that are related to neither tennis nor school. “You do not need to be perfect in everything you do” is something that I would tell myself five years ago. What would you say to the person you’ll be in 5 years? What would I say to a person I will be in five years made me? Pause and think a lot about it. Out of this question, a lot of other questions were raised as well. Whom do I want to be in five years? What will I do in five years? But the only way to know is to let the time show me and not be too concern about it. In the end, everything happens for the reason. Something that I would say to the person that I will become in five years is “Take every chance that is given to you”. Life is short and we can only regret the chances that we did not take. If we fail at least we can say that we tried. I right not, did not use all the chances that I had in life and I do not want that to happen to my future self, because I right now asks myself a lot of times “what if?”. I do not like how this question makes me feel and that is why my future self has to take every chance that is given to her. Another thing is that “It is fine to be selfish sometimes”. I realized that selfish people are the ones that succeed in life. You need to fight for yourself and stand for yourself, nothing is going to be given to you. It is good to care about others and to care, but you have to be in the first place. Always put yourself in the first place because no one else will. “Be surrounded with love”. Love is what matters. Having family and friends and your significant one by your side is what is most important and what will help you grow and go through life. They are the energy that fulfills you to live and help you accomplish everything that you wanted to. Always be there for your loved ones and nothing should come in between that. It is not fun to be alone in today’s world when everyone is focused on themselves. That is something that I will tell myself in five years. And last, “go with the flow”. You cannot plan everything and even if it does not go your way there are always other ways to follow and you need to be ready for it. I am someone who likes to have everything planned and I get caught up if it is not how I planned that it will be. I am scared of the future if I do not know what is coming. But that is more than fine. We cannot plan our life and that is something that a person I will be in five years has to know.
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