Webcomic artist Kate Beaton will sometimes do strips that involve her present self talking to her 5 year old self.  Recently, she invited people to make their own 'Conversations With A Younger Self' comics and post them in her LiveJournal:  http://beatonna.livejournal.com/

I made a few, and found it really enlightening.  What WOULD you say to yourself at 5, 10, 16, or any when in between?  Here's mine, what can you come up with?





(the action isn't really clear in this one, I'm not an artist, I just play one on teevee.  Lil Me tries to jump from the bunk bed and hang on the mobile and fell onto the bear, if you can't tell)

*snickers and high fives S*S*

When I was younger, I drew myself as I imagined I'd look when I was older. I had huuuuge breasts and was curly haired. Hm.

I think I may try this. But I really, really, really suck at drawing.

Edit: I also had long conversations with my future self, when I was eight. I would give myself stern lectures on how smoking was bad, and drugs were bad, and I used to beg myself never to pick those up. I was a brainwashed little thing... *sigh*

Grrr. Why does my conversation with my eight year old self end with him attacking me with a plastic sword?