hello internet so today i thought i'd make a video doing the old send a
hypothetical message to your younger self saying all the things you've
learned and what you do differently because they probably wouldn't be that
hard it might be kind of funny and hey it could even be helpful to some of you
guys watching but then I thought that would be a terrible idea as it looks
incredibly narcissistic and pretentious to just talk about yourself to yourself
while loads of people are watching and I just can't take myself that seriously
which is maybe a problem or a good thing that is a question for another time so I
tried to think of something else
and
nope nothing I have literally nothing is so let me find some unironically cheesy
ukulele music
ok let's do some role-playing
why did I put that it's not a letter is it, its a bloody video. Dear Dan, your hair
is shit
it is so bad i know you want it to be straight but you look like a fucking
hobbit even if you weren't using your mom straighteners that she bought for
five pounds
you wouldn't know what to do give up any hope of looking good because arguably
that never happens and just try to avoid all moisture you mess
you are not cool so stop trying to be
you're a giant nerd you're a dork you are the very definition of a loser and
that's okay because soon enough nerdy culture will be celebrated and there'll
be loads of initially promising been terrible TV shows like Glee that will
encourage you to accept your weirdness
when you were 13 you seem to really embrace everything normal and abnormal
about you and you didn't care what other people thought but then when you turn 16
you suddenly try to repress all of these things to fit in and you were miserable
be unapologetic of who you are don't be afraid to stand up for yourself you get
bullied almost every day by people for no real reason other than their own
issues and you just take it and it's admirable that you never want stoop down
to their level but one day you'll realize that none of your friends or
the other people in the class really like the bullies either they were just
afraid to speak up so I trust you to judge the situation to know whether it
would be a wise thing to do or not but actually try telling a teacher and you
know those witty comebacks that you had in your head but never said out loud
they all would have been brilliant and you will spend a very long time
regretting that you didn't say them also that David guy turns out he goes to
prison a year after you graduate so don't snack unnecessarily every day
after school and when your mom tells you to cycle somewhere just bloody do it
your reluctance to exercise will start a trend that will continue long long into
the future and caused many health and self-esteem
related issues I can't see you actually doing this but i thought i'd mention
anyone who are actually kind of smart
despite no one telling you that your parents have no idea what's happening in
school and your poor underpaid verbally abused public school teachers are too
busy having mental breakdowns notice any body's potential when you were 17
you will try an example for the first time and get an A so work hard to
discover your potential and you might be surprised
don't get a part-time job at the hardware store
I know that earning three pound fifteen hour sounds fun but you know nothing
about DIY you are too weak to lift heavy furniture and you are prone to
inexplicable moments of awkwardness and lapses of judgment that get you in
really big trouble so just don't sell axes to children
ok actually talk to someone about your feelings because your parents always
seemed busy and you think that none of your friends like you and you never tell
people how you're feeling you just bottle it all up inside and accept it
and that isn't good
even though you don't think it will work and you don't want to just try talking
to a family member or a friend or even a teacher about the things that make you
sad because that is the first step to solving your problems and it's something
you will spend far too long
learning how to do actually believe in your potential you spend all day and all
night
daydreaming and sometimes talking to yourself out loud which people can see
by the way so maybe consider stopping that about all the things you wish you
could be and do but instead you doubt yourself and say it's impossible and
instead of following your unrealistic dreams you should accept that you're an
average person that will never get lucky and should just do what the world seems
to have laid out for you like study law at University
that's not going to go down well just trust me there you are a horrific
procrastinator and one day you'll just mature enough to look past what you've
been told about the world and decide to take it into your hands and that will
finally make you happy
and lastly delete the website you made when you were 12 and all pictures of you
from the internet
you might think that only your friends are seeing them now but one day you will
find them horribly embarrassing and you will learn that once you put anything on
the internet it's there forever
huh there we go that was an alright video wasn't that mean i guess it was still
kind of pretentious but it's not really about that it's about the wisdom that i
am passing down to my younger viewers which is a good thing right, no there
is a fundamental flaw behind the reasoning of this video if I didn't
suffer through all of those bad experiences and flaws I wouldn't be the
person I am today I wouldn't be wiser from learning from my mistakes and
if I made different decisions
I might not be here on YouTube now and i'm quite happy with this
to be honest we should all try to absorb wisdom passed down from others to avoid
making mistakes but if you do don't resent yourself for it because without
others help
we're on our own and bound to make mistakes
so whether you're a 12 year old who is now terrified of the next 10 years of
their life or a 25 year old who I just gave a massive self-reflection crisis
sorry its okay its normal things get better as you grow up
except your flaws and mistakes learn from them and take as long as you need
to build yourself and your life into one that you are happy with
there we go now excuse me while I go have a cringe attack for three weeks
after unearthing all of those repressed memories