Reverb 11, December Twenty-Eighth

Imagine yourself five years from now. What advice would you give your current self for the year ahead? (Bonus: Write a note to yourself 10 years ago. What would you tell your younger self?)

 Dear 2012 Dash: buckle down, get it done, sure, but also have fun.  Push your limits.  Meet new people.  Toward the end of a long journey, it's natural to get focused on the destination - but keep in mind how many fascinating side-trips and discoveries are missed because of target fixation.  Broaden your perspective.  Believing in yourself a skosh more wouldn't hurt either.


Dear 2001 Dash: quit drinking.  Quit the weed, too.  Maybe get a little more focused on the destination; if you ignore it completely, you'll never get there.  Don't be so afraid to be yourself while you figure out who that is.  And even if you ignore every word of this, heed these two things: I love you, and it'll all be okay.