I’m Different or Maybe not

Shweta Malhari Thikekar
3 min readFeb 17, 2022
Introducing my first ever article to empower my future self by writing a letter who may be having a hard time surviving.

Hey girl I am your past self just writing this to you to empower you, to guide you, to accelerate your career, and just want to know you are the same as my imagination or not.

Please slow down, whatever you’re doing right now stop. Go outside. Look around you. Do you see nature just feel it? Take a breath. Hold a moment and enjoy your “me” time for a minute. Life isn’t a sprint, it’s a long race and you are not in it to just “win”. So right now I can only predict your personality. I know you follow Prajakta Koli [you-tuber] madly. She directs you through every choice and filters every word that you say. Even though she can’t see you but you always following her down the main roads and the dark alleyways. She is your inspiration. All you want is life like her. Throughout the years she has probably met many versions of you. I swear you are different or maybe not. You are always stuck in a fantasy a never-ending dream you always want to stand strong but whenever you hit low everything gets shattered. You are the person who always strives to be better and do better. You are addicted to finding something new and constantly seeking deeper meaning in life. Always want to smile and laugh a lot. You always show a positive display of affection.

I don’t know how you are going to respond to changes, responsibilities, and difficulties and I don’t know what hard things you are facing whether they are ones I expect now or others that have come as a surprise. If it’s all about what I expect then I know you brought a sweet dog and its name is Jonnie right? You are writing a diary every single night I know you don’t know how and what to write but you are so fascinating to do these things. You are reading every morning and most important you read that book “Dear Stranger, I know How you feel” Please don’t say no. As I know you went to Delhi to visit Qutub Minar and make more precious memory. Your happiness jar is on the way to fulfillment.

Hope you are doing what you enjoy and maybe you are financially independent. I know you want to be a fit person and you are more fascinated by yoga. You don’t want to look good only by look but from inner self also. I only want to say just try everything from working to exercise to staff spinning to public speaking to mandala art to dance to travel to skating to horse riding each and everything doesn’t miss anything because it’s your life and you are going to make it beautiful. And don’t worry if you are not like my expectation or on the way. I am here to tell you, to remind you that there is always a time to do anything until you give up. Always keep that spirit [LEARN LEARN AND LEARN]. You are going to fall but you can’t skip chapters life is not work like that you have to read every line, meet every character. You won’t enjoy all of it or some chapters will make you cry for weeks. You will read that you don’t want to read. You will have moments once when you don’t want the pages to finish. But you don’t have to give up because your story may change people’s mindsets. Don’t miss out just be you the world will adjust. “Your life is sort of a movie” you are the main lead. You are going to set your script and act on your lines. There are a hidden camera and a director who can help you at any time. Your life is a story so why wouldn’t you make it the greatest movie you have ever seen.

Read this and write back to me please okay. So we both can enjoy the magic of time travel. Just believe in the following word it’s for all of them who are doubting there self or underestimate themselves.

I’m different or maybe not.

Just called me sharp rather than smart.

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