I have been volunteering with a bunch of teenagers that remind me of you a few years ago, the same fears, the same insecurities, the same dreams.
We are living the dream now in Poland, living abroad for the 2nd time, and this time we took part in this journey alone and made friends along the way.
Crazy how we still have nothing figured out, still don’t know what we will be doing in September, or where we will be living next year, but I am hoping for the best and trusting the process.
Working with teenage girls made me realise the progress we made. Remember when you were super ashamed of your body and thought you were fat (when your body was completely fine), when you felt you needed to change your personality to fit in, or when you were uncomfortable in moments of silence? Yeahh, you’re a completely different person now.
Now you are always laughing and making jokes about everything, you are also super comfortable in silence, you are a social butterfly and you are comfortable with your body (and sometimes wear scandalous outfits), and you are becoming independent (gotta say that your taste in men still sucks, but let’s leave that mess to future Carolina ?).
“Whatever I go through I get through”, and I really believe that for us, I hope nothing gets in our way – not other people’s expectations or our fear of failure.
Yours Sincerely,
your older self, Carolina xx