Life lessons from an overthinking teenager

introduction

Hello there, this is a brief - or at least I hope it will be - introductory note from your dear internet neighbour. The description of this "book" should already offer a pretty decent synopsis of what this project of mine will be about. I'm not exactly expecting this to become some viral - oops too early to be making that joke - 'thing', I'm doing this for myself more than anything, I'm hopeful that verbalising my emotions and writing them down will help me cope with them a little better. And maybe, as I do that, I can help others out too, you never know.

This is not my first time on Wattpad, I've been using this platform on and off for the past 4 years, I had an 'okay' account, with various projects *cough* fan fictions *cough*. Dare I say some of the latter were quite successful, but that as I grew older, and struggled to connect with my younger self, I recognised that both teenage and my fan fictions suck :)

Whilst I do miss those careless times, where I'd spend afternoons dedicating hours to cliché Wattpad stories, I am also glad I'm over the entire "im a potato" phase - chile lemme not reminisce the cringe.

So why am I doing this? Why am I giving Wattpad a second chance after a 2 years long hiatus? Though I have already mentioned wanting to help others while simultaneously helping myself, I also want a record of my growth. I already know that in a couple of years, I'll read this and gag from the cringe worthy content, but as a wise man once said "I'm still learning to read the past pages without wanting to burn them".

Jk I stole that from Pinterest teehee

I don't know how this will turn out, but I do know how it won't turn out, ie like my past Levi x reader fan fictions 🤡.

Now I'll conclude this "brief" note by giving some info regarding the next chapters as well as the book itself:
1. I don't think there'll be any type of set schedule for new releases, believe it or not I go to school, and whatever schedule I'll have will have to work around my school timetable. *not to mention I'm pretty lazy when it comes to Wattpad, you can ask the old fan fictions' readers still waiting for new chapter 2 years later*
2. There'll be occasional notes in each chapter, you can interpret them as author notes, they will be in bold so that they're more easily distinguishable, from the other paragraphs.
3. Be respectful towards each other in the currently inexistent comment section, emh also be mindful of the fact that English is not my first language.
4. Here are some of the topics of the upcoming chapters:
- accepting yourself before loving yourself
- cancel culture: the good, the bad and the ugly
- stress and how I *barely* manage it
- what's too early and what's too late
- the importance of education

That being said, welcome aboard of the "trying to figure life out" train, take a seat and enjoy your time as a teenager :)

Deuces,
- a teenager figuring life out