Dear Self, How are you doing? How does it feel to always be the perfect example, the golden child, the one everyone leans on? Exhausting, isn’t it? Did you ever allow yourself to stop being so obedient, to finally listen to your own heart? I know you wanted to please your mother and to obey […]
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Dear Self, Hey. How are you doing? You tried so hard to please everyone. You tried to be everything all at once — not realizing that in doing so, you were bound to disappoint someone, fall short somewhere, and exhaust yourself in the process. The idea that you could make everyone happy was a myth.
Dear Self, By now, you should be in your junior year of medical school. I imagine you buried in trances and textbooks, memorizing diseases and drug classifications. I imagine sleepless nights, coffee growing cold beside you. (Would you trade Coke for coffee? Newsflash: I haven’t had a single sip of Coke in six months!) Maybe
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Dear Self, How are you? I’m sure you’re happy. Because I am. Maybe this is the four-thousand-and-seven-hundredth time I’ve written to you. But this letter — this is the first one addressed to you that is open for everyone to read. The first of many to come. I’ve lifted the veil. Today is February fourteenth.
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