Hey Em,
 Youâre about to embark on the next step of your journey through life. Itâs going to be big. Itâs going to be scary. Itâs going to be harder than you could ever imagine. BUT⌠Itâs going to be exciting! Itâs going to be full of fun! Itâs going to encourage you to grow more than ever before!
Youâre going to walk into this year expecting that youâll find it super hard to make friends but youâll have no problems in doing it. Youâll make friends in the most unlikely of places; so just relax! Your sheer lack of directional knowledge will mean you make a friend on the first day. The girls you get on the bus with will become the people that you have some of the best laughs with. The girl you spoke to when you read the timetable wrong and turned up an hour early will turn out to be your biggest encourager and the best person to revise with; other than when she gets your card blocked by Dominos! The flatmate that you went hunting for freebies with will become your best friend and you couldnât imagine your life without her. Youâll make more friends than you could ever ask for and youâll be ever so thankful for it.Â
Youâll make mistakes this year. Give yourself grace for them. Youâre still growing. Youâre still learning how to navigate this crazy world on your own. Mistakes are to be expected. Whatâs important is that you learn from them and use them to grow. Donât beat yourself up when you mess up- it wonât do you any good! Just learn and then move on.Â
Thereâll be many ups and downs, but hold on to who you are through them all. Donât lose yourself in the midst of everything thatâs going on around you. Your grades mean nothing compared to your character. Resolve right now that you are going to be the same kind, loving person no matter what. Speaking of grades, this years grades donât actually matter so donât push yourself too hard. Itâs not worth burning yourself out now when youâve still got so far to go. Take it slow and youâll do brilliantly.
Em, youâve come a long way to get this far and youâre going to do fantastically this year. Believe in yourself and youâll do fine.Â
Lots of love,
 Your older (and slightly wiser) self xx
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