younger self

Posted on Apr 28, 2023Apr 28, 2023 by Mihara Minsadi

Somewhere beneath the depths of who I am now
Is who I once used to be…

A Letter to My Younger Self: 20 Things I Wish I’d Known

Posted on Jan 27, 2017May 1, 2017 by Hannah Green

Dear 12-year-old me: 1. Your current friends will change. They will mature, and you will find the right people to surround yourself with. 2. You don’t have to fill every silence. Silence is not always awkward, and sometimes it’s necessary. 3. Don’t wear makeup. Nobody will care if you do or don’t. Let your natural […]

Dear Younger Self

Posted on Mar 6, 2016Apr 4, 2016 by Germ Magazine guest author

Dear Younger Self, Things are good. You’re doing well at school, and you’re getting along with the parents. You’re happy with yourself finally, and you’re chasing after the things you love in life. You are on the road to creating yourself and being the person you wanted to be. You have friends that make you […]

Dear Younger Self: Here’s to Finding the Great Manifesto

Posted on Jan 16, 2016Feb 15, 2016 by Germ Magazine guest author

Dear younger self, You are in the free. You are a bird who is free to spread its wings. But soon that will all be over. Society will start to judge you, YOU will start to judge you. But you will later find an escape. You will travel to other worlds from within the books […]

To 12-Year-Old Alicia

Posted on Nov 24, 2015Dec 20, 2015 by Germ Magazine guest author

To my younger self, You are going through a lot of changes now, and I know it can be scary to open up to people. Don’t be scared, don’t be shy, and, most of all, don’t worry what others will say or think about you. Take a chance and don’t hide. Show people your […]

Ever Since I Was a Kid by Hannah Stengler

Posted on Jul 11, 2015Aug 3, 2015 by Germ Magazine guest author

Ever since I was a kid, I had a story inside me. A story that is desperate to leave the hollows of my chest and spread warmth throughout the world. To me it seems impossible that such a story can thrive and build inside such a dark place, but all I’ve ever wanted was to […]

Wish You Were Here

Posted on Mar 26, 2015Apr 20, 2015 by Germ Magazine guest author

Ever see those postcards when you take a trip somewhere? Jot down a quick blurb and send it to someone you are thinking of back home or somewhere. I’ve personally never traveled anywhere that far, but I understand the concept. I want to write one of those to myself right before graduating high school. I […]

To a Younger Self

Posted on Mar 14, 2015Feb 27, 2019 by Noura

You will often wonder if there is a chance of you actually being jettisoned from your native planet into this one. Because, really, what other reasons could there be for you to feel so different? Your loudness and insistence on being heard will no longer be the cute thing that makes you special but the […]