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Craig Bloom
Buffalo, New York USA
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Advice to Craig Bloom at Thirteen
1- I t was the year I moved from Queens to Long Island. Rather than mope I should have been far more outgoing and spent more time with people who made an effort to see me. I lost a lot of friends due to my indifference and did not give my self the chance to meet new ones.
2- I should have seriously taken going in to high school more seriously. Early on I developed poor study habits which have followed up until today in college. Had I started sooner, I might have had more options in terms of schools and what I want to do with my life after college. At age thirteen, you don't think any of that matter.
3- I should have ended my friendship with Kenny years before I would have been stepped on, disregarded, and taken ultimately as nothing more than a useless nobody. Sometimes you keep friends simply for nostalgia, not because they are good for you.
4- My sister and I have always been four years apart. At thirteen I remember being mean to her. Despite some of our differences, I lost some valuable time as her friend, even though all in all we have always loved one another and am now great friends.
5- I should have made more of an effort to call my grandparents/ great grand parents. At thirteen, I remember hiding behind the excuse that I had a busy life. You tell yourself that when you're young, people will understand your inability to call them once and a while. Now some of my grandparents/great grandparents have passed on. I feel I could have done more to show them my love and appreciation.
6- I was a spoiled kid. It seems sort of typical, but I really regret not doing more to help my parents at a younger age. Even simple things like doing chores (laundry, dishes, etcÉ) once and a while. I always left stuff for my mother to do and I think that they still like to use that old level of irresponsibility and point a finger at me about it even today. Had I been more helpful, I wouldn't feel the need to maybe now impress them so much.
7- I should have not punched Mike in the face. I was having a bad day and was honestly looking for an opportunity to fight. He had a loud mouth and was always a disrespectful guy, but he hadn't directly target me in any way. Punching him had not been a necessary decision. Actually what he had done to me was probably an accident and I sent him to the hospital. I still have a slightly guilty conscious about it all.
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