My name is Lora, I am 18 years old. I am at a stage in life where there are many questions, doubts, and at the same time hopes. It feels as if I am learning how to live again, in my own way. I am quite a sensitive person. I take many things close to my heart, but this helps me understand people and be sincere. Sometimes I need to be alone, to think and sort everything out. Other times I want to laugh, talk about everything, and feel that I am not alone.

I am 18, and I understand that mistakes, disappointments, and difficult decisions are ahead. But I believe all of this is part of the journey. I am growing, changing, and learning to love myself as I am.

Stop postponing important things using “I need to rest first” as an excuse. Learn to trust my intuition, not only my doubts. Go somewhere spontaneously, without a plan or a to-do list. Stop comparing myself to others and thinking that I am late in life. Find something that makes my eyes light up, not just deadlines. And most importantly, keep being my true self, even when everything around me is changing.

I like to dream about the future and imagine myself happy, confident, and in the right place. I am still searching for who I want to be, but I know for sure who I do not want to be, a version of myself created by others.

Learn to get out of bed without ten minutes of negotiating with myself. Cook something more complicated than scrambled eggs and not google “what to do if everything is burnt.” Stop getting lost when I am asked to make a decision “right now.” Learn to talk about my feelings without jokes or avoiding the topic. Understand where other people’s expectations end and my own desires begin. Make it through the week without thinking “I am already tired.”