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Hayley Thie
Atlanta, Georgia USA
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REPORTS:
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To Hayley at 16:
1. Don't fixate on your weight. You're fine the way you are. If anything, just exercise more.
2. Try to figure out who you are before you try to date anyone. You'll just screw up some very nice guys.
3. Don't have sex yet. You aren't ready, he isn't ready, and it will complicate things entirely too much. He isn't as confident as he seems - he actually feels like you are very confident in your skin, even though he's wrong.
4. Don't talk about your personal life to people that you barely know. If you do, you're going to have to deal with a year of antidepressants with nasty side effects.
5. Don't start smoking because Matt hates it. You'll hate yourself years down the road when you're trying to quit.
6. Have Mom and Dad hire a babysitter. Otherwise you'll end up really resenting your brother.
7. Keep writing music - don't let someone's opinion make you quit doing what you love.
To Hayley at 18:
8. Take some time off before going to college. Develop as a person.
9. Keep making art.
10. Be nicer to Mom. She isn't happy with Dad and is less patient with you as a result.
11. Don't move out of the house. Your parents love you. REALLY. It will contribute to them getting a divorce.
12. Don't focus on how you look - you're fine. You don't need to get paid to take off your clothes to figure out that you're worth something. You're worth a lot more than that.
13. Don't do the show at Noone's. If you must, get a written contract. They will not pay you.
14. Don't confuse sex with love. It doesn't mean anything.
To Hayley at 19:
15. Don't eat pancakes for six months straight because you're broke. Work more or ask your parents for money. Otherwise, the sight of them will make you feel sick for years.
16. When a guy starts trying to talk to you at the gas station near your house, don't talk to him. Go hide in the bathroom if you have to. It isn't work the trouble.
17. Secure your possessions before your meth-addicted roommates move out. They will steal your stuff. And you will miss your computer.
18. Take your easel, portfolio and art supplies with you when you leave Colorado. The job will fall through and your boyfriend will die - you will never go back. You will have ideas on how to finish all of the "just started" work for years.
19. Clean your house! Otherwise you will end up having to hire a cleaning crew when you move out.
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