This first picture is of me at the start of ninth grade. I wrote my first essay for Sage (that over the summer one about What I Believe) using unicycling as a metaphor. I don’t remember what it was a metaphor for at this point. That seems like a good lesson about how what seems super important at the time, often isn’t in the long run.
I would tell my ninth grade self to follow my heart and pay attention to what I enjoy, and when it is no longer enjoyable, look for other options. I would also make clear that things are often really different than what you think they will be, and that you can’t imagine what the future will be, so make sure you enjoy the present and make decisions that are true to yourself. I’d also say: yes, it turns out you can pull off turquoise hair (like I have in this twelfth grade picture at the Getty Museum gardens), so go for it!
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