Blast from the past

Have you ever gone through old emails/texts/letters/facebook private messages read them, and thought to yourself wow who is that person? I just so happened to go through an old email account. My curiosity got the best of me. I flicked through a couple of emails. Reading them I was thinking to myself, really?
It's like a cheaper version of time travelling in my opinion(if it were invented). I didn't realize how much I have changed. If I could email my younger self  it would go down like this:


Hi 19 year old Joy,


This email is from the future you (don't you roll your eyes at me missy).I just wanted to email you and give you a head's up to better prepare yourself.  In the next few years you're going to lose some of the closest people to you in your life at the moment. Don't stress, turns out you can survive without them. 
Try not to sweat the small stuff, over time you realize they weren't that big nor important. You'll see the bigger picture. You don't do it all the time but you learn. Although at some point you will  probably feel like you've hit your lowest, GET OFF YOUR ASS AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT RATHER THAN WHINGING.  For example, in the near future you run a marathon. Seriously. But no you're not a size 12 yet. Sorry.
You may lose some good friends but you discover some great friends instead. You learn to be selfish, a good selfish trust me. You leave the country to be selfish, it gets that extreme. 
Now when it comes to Family, don't take them for granted. Right now, you think you know everything. Honey! Get real! You don't know nothing. You'll see that family is a lot more than annoying right now. They'll be your back bone, the best support team you'll ever get in life. Your worst and harshest critics.The voice of reality at times but your stuck with them because your family lol. 
To sum this up before it becomes a novel, no you don't get married at 21. Now that I think about it why would you ever want to?! Yes you leave and finally move to Brisbane. No, house sharing isn't always like the tv show F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Yes, your best friends are still there for you no matter what. 

The rest of the stuff I know you can handle on your own.  Never stop pushing yourself to being the best you can be. 


Love yourself always

23 year old Joyous


p.s Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse, Whitney Houston, Heath Ledger they all die. I know sooo sad. Oh and Osama Bin ladin. And Iphones are AMAAAZING!

I don't regret my past ever. At times I feel like I wish I could change somethings. But that's just life, you just gotta go with the flow at times and hope you land on your feet.

One love


Joyous