An open letter to my 13 year old self!

A walk down the memory lane and  I am a mere 13 year old  demanding innocent answers to perpetually complex questions. Back then I was unapologetically out in the world trying to fit into a place where I belonged, most importantly to whom I belong. The journey entailed a  seamless juxtaposition of reality checks and  moments that give a high!

A decade down the line, I am just too dissolved in my own disillusions to care about the ways of the world where my self-proclaimed perfection shall never cease to be perfect. 
As a 23 year old with if not complete but somewhat better perspective on life, there are things I'd go back and tell my 13 year old self because as Albert Einstein said- "Time is an Illusion".

1) You may be one in a million or one among them..Doesn’t matter. Your definition of bliss should not built up on superficial temptations and guided by materialistic preferences. You'll learn to take one day at a time.

2) Making mistakes is a quotidian affair, you might not repeat them but you'll keep making new mistakes and learning from them. You'll make your own "choices"  and continue to be accountable for them.

3)Struggling between what you have and what you seek to achieve will not be cakewalk, enjoy the roller coaster because it will the ride of a lifetime. You will stop striving for perfection, and start savouring the journey. You'll learn to be content yet non-complacent.

4) You'll learn that , there is a reason behind the immaturity that fails to fade. There is also a reason for the willful despite, which is clearly concealed in an attempt to match the ways of the world. And there is a reason, for those tears, which come down at the drop of a hat.

5)Striking a perfect balance between hopes and heartbreak ain't easy. Trying to ward off that immense urge to have something, rather making desperate attempts to let it go doesn’t come naturally. 

6) You will continue to envelope yourself around comfortable zones, even if that may not involve seeking perpetual validation.Your naivety will be continually marred by turbulence when you want to take a call on whether you should take a call.Because growing up is a continuous process and Immensely baffling.

7) Social media is deceptive. Those "apparently" eventful insights of what may seem to be perfect lives comes with its own share of perils! 

8) The world around you will change and so will the people. Even if you do not drastically alter your ways of life, You will learn to dwell in places, which you detested even paying a visit to. Ultimately you'll successfully learn to oscillate between being your own person and a people's person.

9) You should continue to discover love, maybe in the unlikeliest of places, people or things and it is not always you will meet with disappointment. Because there will be men who'll make you learn to love yourself, simply because they never did.

10) Your love for Virat Kohli, will refuse to perish and he'll indeed become the phenomenon you predicted him to be. You'll resist all temptations to alcohol and drugs and become a green tea addict instead. You'll go to one of the best law schools in the country and one of the best grad schools in the world. Hindi cinema will become more than just entertainment and you'll derive immense pleasure driving people with envy as you study a subject on Film Theory.

 And even then you wouldn't have you life in place, But you'll make peace with it.