Steemit Engagement Challenge S3:W2 - Writeing a letter to my five-year-old self, telling him what I have learned so far by @manuelhooks

in India Speaks2 years ago (edited)

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A letter to my five-year-old self


Dear me,

I have used a rare opportunity to send this letter back in time to you and I hope it gets to you at the best of time. I wish the settings would have allowed me to send you this letter when you are a little much older, knowing that if things were to follow the same sequence as it did then you definitely won't be able to read yet.
I really could not risk having someone else read this for you as it may really freak them out and make them panic, that is why I sent the letter to Dad's mail instructing it should be given to you in five years which will make you 10 years at the time of receiving it.

At age 10, you are already in Nigeria and doing well in primary 5. You still dream of making an "amphibious car" that could navigate both land and sea as modeled by the animated cartoon series "Bosco's Adventures" and because you never told anyone this dream of yours, this and a lot more should serve as proof that I am not just an imposter but I am you, 30 years from the time you are reading this.

My advice is simple, Trust Mum's advice and Enjoy every minute of your childhood because it will be over in about two years, as you will start making decisions that will affect not just yourself but the whole family. It is at that age that you will make most choices that will make you me. Try not to change a lot of things and you will have less regrets. At some point when you start feeling like you have lost your childhood, try not to pay much attention to that and while nobody will tell you how much of a success you are, just be a little more passionate about everything you are doing.

IMG_20220216_161406~2.jpg Here you are teaching a group of young people

For example, your dream to school at a technical school will fail due to misinformation but you end up being a teacher there, which is far better.
You will not be the best in your class at most point but it will all come to you after your secondary school years.
If you let things run naturally without altering any thing, in 2022 you will be married to a lovely woman and will have two beautiful and intelligent princesses with very little to regret.

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This is a part of who you become. By 2022, a husband and father of two. Spending some quality time at a park away from home with family. Selfie time.

If you will like to make some changes which definitely will not lead you to this me and will create new realities that may change everything, just make sure you make all the right decisions when you are 12 and stand by those decisions. Which will make you prefer a polytechnic as universities are a real waste of time. invest in the Bitcoin fever as soon as it start in year 2009 and trust in it till 2020 because I don't know what becomes of it after 2022.
I really wish you don't change things along the way. And I am not being detailed because I wish this letter do not change the cause of history. My only fear lies in the fact that if you are reading this letter, then many in my time may have also sent instructions to their younger selves which may seriously alter the cause of history and a lot of events my change. Whatever the case may be, I trust your good judgement.

Finally, I will love you to know that your success and happiness is not attached to wealth as it would be emphasized but your success will come from a clean conscience that speaks a pure language.

From Yours Truly

Myself

I will love the following Steemians to also advise their younger selves @udyliciouz @kesybliss @oasiskp @imaphil and @gentlesun

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Yes you are right about a 5 year old kid cannot read, but all the advices you gave to yourself shows that you feel happy for the person you are today with your beautiful family
Thanks for sharing
Blessings

 2 years ago 

Gracias por leer mi publicación. Me encantaría saber de ti también, ¿qué le dirás a los más jóvenes?

Realmente quiero pensar en una forma fácil de Comunicarme con mi yo de 5 para que me entienda, porque a esa edad no entendemos casi nada de la vida, espero inspirarme para escribir

Wow, I applaud this letter, where is the time engine, this should ail to your 10 years old self, because basically your 5-year-old cannot read, you have given good advice to your young self, I see you wish for him to become who you are today or if he chooses another path it okay so far he makes the right decision
what a letter
Interesting ma brother
Greeting

 2 years ago 

Your compliment made my heart skip "figuratively" thank you for reading my letter. I will love to read your interaction with your younger self. What will you tell him?

It's a contest and I will love to see you participating.

You are welcome to read the advice to my young self, I did try my best, there is a lot of talk on, but too much experience can make him fear haha,

Very touchy, truly money maybe something but not everything. It gives us a level of comfort.
Personally i choose happiness over money anytime.
Great post @manuelhooks

 2 years ago 

@sikan-eyen do you think our younger selves will respond well to all the advice we are mailing back to them, because if my young self should go rogue that may land me in person or worse...

No worries, you did a great job in your letter.

 2 years ago 

That is really comforting and reassuring...

I have taken time to read this letter and i can say that it has a lot of advice that will guide the younger version of you.This advice is borne out of experience and the love that you don't want the younger ones to make such mistakes.

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 2 years ago 

Trust Mum's advice and Enjoy every minute of your childhood because

What about dad's advice ..lol

your dream to school at a technical school will fail due to misinformation but you end up being a teacher there,

Do you mean that you couldn't become student of tech school but you ended up being a teacher there . That sounds great .

Good luck .

 2 years ago (edited)

Dear @drqamu

I will address your questions one after the the other...

What about dad's advice ..lol

That is because Dad was never around to give the advice and that is why I had to fill up that void he created very early in life. Mum gradually delegated responsibility over to 12 years old me. That explains how I lost my childhood.

Do you mean that you couldn't become student of tech school but you ended up being a teacher there . That sounds great .

It was my dream to enhance my technical skills through a technical secondary school. I could not make it, so I schooled in a regular grammar school. When it was time for tertiary education, I went for a polytechnic and that is how I came back to teach in the technical school I could not attend.

IMG_20161020_102919~2.jpg Teaching at Ewet Technical College

 2 years ago 

Thanks for enlightening . Good luck

Amigo @manuelhooks
una carta declaratoria de lo que le depara el futuro puede llegar a alterar tu yo de hoy, el actual, sin emabrgo, siempre esperamos mejorar y que de neustros errores podamos enmendar y tener una nueva vida, un nuevo comienzo.

Saludos

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Finally, I will love you to know that your success and happiness is not attached to wealth as it would be emphasized but your success will come from a clean conscience that speaks a pure language.

What more inspiration can one draw. Even your 5 yr old self will thank you

 2 years ago 

What a nice pack of suggestions @manuelhooks to your five year old self! I loved reading every word of your post and learned a couple of things myself. Nice one...

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