My Letters For You guest this week is the very pregnant KLZ, otherwise known as, Kristin, who writes the hilarious blog Taming Insanity and if that isn’t enough, she is also one of the co-founders of Eli Rose Social Media.
Plus, she can rock a pair of reindeer antlers like nobody’s business!
Dear 8 year old self: that perm is a terrible idea. At least do us all a favor and if you do forge ahead and get it, please destroy all visual evidence.
Dear 13 year old self: just because you saw a model wear nearly black lipstick does not mean it is fashionable nor does it mean you can pull it off. You’re making an ass of us and you’re too stubborn to admit it.
Dear 16 year old self: stand up for yourself now or your feelings will get so pent up that they’ll explode. Trying to be “nice” is going to backfire.
Dear 17 year old self: I didn’t mean stand up for yourself quite that much. That’s what I meant about things backfiring. PS the shade of lipstick you’re wearing now is fine. Keep it.
Dear 18 year old self: yes, your hair has some wave but you can’t pull off “curly” or really even “wavy”. You are the only one buying this hairstyle as legitimate.
Dear 20 year old self: get over him.
Dear 21 year old self: slow down. Bigger things are coming.
Dear 23 year old self: marry him. Even though he’s going to make you want to stab him sometimes, you will get back more than you ever expected.
Dear 26 year old self: you’re welcome.
Dear 28 year old self: you’re overwhelmed because you take too much on. You expect too much of yourself. Also, you’re welcome.
Dear 30 year old self: no big deal.
Dear 39 year old self: be careful. You have a teenager.
Dear 40 year old self: still no big deal.
Dear 50 year old self: Seriously, this age stuff is no big deal. What is a big deal is that some of your kids are out of college now.
Dear 53 year old self: If you’re concerned about the way that your ass looks, go to the gym and quit whining. Even I can’t stand listening to you.
Dear 67 year old self: Life happens outside of books too. Be sure to get out there and live, you dumb slut.
Dear 80 year old self: You better not have messed this up for us.
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Love this letter KLZ!! Especially the last few lines.
I think threatening your 80 year old self is always a good move.
Thank you so, so much for having me over here. I can tell in advance that it was fun!
LOVE!
(Also, I had some terrible perms. I will try to show the photos to Abbey if she ever wants a perm.)
Frankly, I blame the 80s.
Such a creative take on the letters to self. 🙂
My husband was just counting down til our kids are all in college. Freaked me out.
I was just thinking what I’d say to the much younger version of myself, if I could. I’m pretty sure the “skip trying to do the Pat Riley slicked back hair” is the only piece of advice that I’d really try to pass along. And I know the 12 year old me would ignore it anyway 🙂
This made me smile. A lot.
I loved how you approached this, KLZ! And we must be the same age because I had that same perm as a kid. Really bad idea…
Dear self, take care of yourself so that you may continue to enjoy the gold that is KLZ.
LOVE.
Also, will you come kick my 53 year old butt?
I think a bad perm is a right of passage 😉
Funny, my letter to my 20-year-old self would say the exact same thing.
Love the last line! And that perm? Yeah, I had that too. What were we thinking??
“you dumb slut” AND goth chick black lipstick. I’d say this is a life well-lived KLZ.
I LOVE that you went throughout the years!
I’d have to add a banana clip to that perm warning. Shudder.
Of course threatening your future self is a good idea.
They don’t get much cuter than KLZ…and she nailed those letters.
Calling your 67 year old self a dumb slut? Hilarious.
Leave it to KLZ to put such a cool spin on this theme.
xo
Loved how she wrote this, I tried the whole dark lipstick thing too and the perm. Why???
She is going to be the coolest eighty year old. I hope we end up in the same retirement village.
Great letter! This is so fun and hilarious all the things she wishes she had told herself when she was younger. I really wish that I could see this lipstick! Haha
Totally awesome. Love the final one for the 80-year-old.