50 in 50: Words of Wisdom to my Younger Self

I'm not too sure yet, because I think I am still too young. I don't feel like I am fully adult. That said, I do think I have improved relative to my younger self.

I would say to not worry so much about what others think of me. However, I don't think it would have helped. Certain mistakes just have to be lived through; I have become somewhat of my own person now, but that has happened by itself. Giving myself advice wouldn't have helped; I wouldn't have listened. I was in an entirely different, more tunnel-visioned, mode of existence.

On a more concrete level, maybe I would have said to have kept up music. I gave up violin when I was eleven as I thought it would be thought of as "uncool" in a way, but I really wish I would have kept it up. I wish I were fluent with an instrument.