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Kristin
Gateborg, SWEDEN
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Advice to Kristin at 16:
1- Stop forcing yourself to go to ballet and modern dance classes. It doesn't make you happy anymore. That pain in your back will increase. Get used to that thought and don't make it worse by forcing yourself to dance. Don't think that you have all your value in being the best dancer! It's not your thing! In only four years, you'll discover lindy hop which will give you some true and real happiness. How about you realize _now_ that ballet is shallow?
2- When you run into Daniel in the park before the concert, tell him something. Hug him real good. Tell him how much you'd cry if he should die - no, you don't know that yet, but try to figure out how much it would hurt you, then tell him. Tell him you're happy to know him. Later on you will think about this moment in the park thousands of times, trying to remember what his face looked like. You will not remember that. But you will remember that first kiss.
Advice to Kristin at 18:
3- Just breathe. It will pass. Know that it will pass. Just breathe. You won't want to have any of this undone.
Advice to Kristin at 20 and four months:
4- DO NOT start a realationship with Markus. You're not really in love with him, you're just flattered, and you're trying to find something to keep your mind away from thinking about the fact that you'll never see Erick again. Because if you do start some sort of relationship with Markus, you'll end up loving him and you won't be able to get out of it until he's hurt you really, really badly. NOTHING about him is worth caring for. He is not what you are looking for. Don't fall for it just because you are flattered. You'll be stronger without him!
5- Talk to Erick about how you feel immediately, don't wait until the end of the semester. He already knows, so you might just get it out in the open. Don't tell him that it's just a crush and nothing serious! You believe it yourself but somewhere deep down I bet you know better. That way you can spend more time with him as friends, really get to know him. If you don't get to know him well enough _now_ to be able to keep in touch later, when you live on different continents, you will miss him TREMENDOUSLY. Trust me on that one.
6- Don't tell yourself that you don't know how to sing. Don't believe others who seem to think your singing voice isn't good enough - they are just jealous. In only two years, you'll get in to the Academy of Music! Ok, I know you don't believe me, but it's true, you will, and you'll love it. So start practising your singing homework more, it will spare you time later.
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