What I Would Do if I Wrote a Letter to my 15 Year Old Self

LAURA YOU'RE STILL SIGNED INTO MY ACCOUNT!

Okay. Now that we've got that out of the way...
The idea of writing to my past self has always intrigued me. What would I do differently if I could go back in time to my early teenage years? There's so much I'd like to say to my 15 year old self. I was so young, innocent, and carefree back then. I thought the world was my oyster. I... Oh. Hold up.
Although admittedly I've yet to reach those golden shores of 15 years old, the prospect of writing to my future self seems just as appealing as writing to my past self. Perhaps, a year from now, I can look back on this and laugh. Until then, there are a few things I'd like to say to future me.

NOT TO BE READ UNTIL JANUARY 1'ST, 2016

Dear Mark,

How's it going? You are, it would appear, me in the future. That right there is slightly mind-boggling to think about. There are multiple versions of myself all over time and space reading this at different times, and you (I?) am just one of them... On the surface, I'm writing a letter to myself. On the other hand, future me is not quite the same person I am today, as time both wears us away and deposits new experiences on us. Still I believe I can speak openly to you, seeing as you did live through the process of writing this letter.
By the time you read this, the present time will be all but a distant memory. Perhaps you didn't even remember this post existed until you stumbled across it today. Congratulations! You just found a new post idea in which you answer all of my following questions. Let's get to them!
First of all, how are you liking Jasper Place high school? Have you made any new friends? Have you kept your old ones? I certainly hope that the answer to all those questions is "yes." If not, then go and make some new friends. Call your old ones. Keep in touch.
There is another question that's really been nagging on my mind these past few days. Perhaps too much so. I asked out that girl I like at school just two days ago (perhaps I'll have a whole post later devoted to that), and since then I've been stressing about our date and thinking an awful lot about whether or not it will work out. So, tell me... how'd the date go? Are you still dating her? Did you make it official? Or did you simply go at it a few weeks and then change your mind?
No matter what, I hope that you gave it your best shot and have lots of good stories to tell because of it.
Finally, I'm curious about this blog. Are you and Laura still running it every other day? Have we managed (fingers crossed) a comment? (Fingers uncrossed 'cause it's super hard to write that way). I do hope that this project is still going on, and that your other writing endeavours have been successful.
Mark, life is good at the moment, and I hope that it remains that way for you. Let me now pass on some wisdom, which I hope I'll never forget; don't take anything to seriously, and have fun with life. That is what I'll never allow you, future 15 year old self, to throw aside.

Thanks for reading,

-Mark