The Young Me

Out of all the things I could say to a younger me, I would definitely greet the past me by telling him to keep on doing what he is doing. Over the past few years, I feel like I have done quite well in decision making and life choices. I have never gotten mixed in with the wrong crowd or anything like that. I have been able to stay out of trouble in school and maintain pretty decent grades. For all 4 years of high school, I have been a 3-sport athlete and varsity in all of them. I would definitely fill my younger self in on getting a job early and keeping it. My experiences throughout high school would have been much better if I had money of my own to spend on whatever I wanted. The issue was always that I never had enough time to work a job and participate in school and sports after school. The price of being a high school athlete breaks your pockets, but it has been well worth it. I saw kids who used to play sports but they would stop playing to work a job. I always loved the sports that I played too much to ever stop just for a job.
I would inform the younger me that he should try and focus more on his school work. I cannot stress it enough that everything from freshmen year will come back to haunt someone. I have always done just enough work to pass or just enough work to make myself feel content with a grade. I never really made it a big priority in my life to be an exceptional student. I have always been in the middle of the pack and did what the teacher told me to do. It would definitely be at the top of my list to tell the younger me to not slack off in any classes.
I might tell myself to try and play basketball instead of winter track, but I would still be unsure. I have always enjoyed the sport of basketball, but winter track has always been something that I have done. I am really into training and lifting so that I could be the best athlete for football that I could possibly be. I would tell myself to keep on doing football and to get involved as possible as I can with that. I might let my younger self know that I should join a few clubs for a better resume, but none of that stuff has really affected me. I would tell my younger self to stay single throughout my high school career because having a girlfriend is a waste of time during high school. All they do is cause drama between you and your friends and cause more stress. The last thing a high school kid should have to deal with is more stress. Just live freely and do not get tied down by a girl. Other than those few things, I think I am doing pretty good so far.