I Made Peace with My Teenage Self During the Pandemic
Learning to love both parts of me — the old and new ones.
Italy. Six weeks after the lockdown started.
After the first weeks, I discovered a new me. A new “old” me.
I rediscovered all my (nerd) teenage passions. All those things I put apart in my 20s. Now, those passions are my best resources in the lockdown.
And this turned to be a great chance to make peace with my adolescence.
A shy, nerd teenage girl
As a teenager, I was completely different from who I am today.
I was scared of relating to new people. It used to take me around a year to consider a person a friend. On the other side, I loved living in other worlds. I was fond of reading, playing videogames, watching fantasy movies and series.
I was entusiastic when a new Smallville season started.
I loved playing videogames all day— Final Fantasy, The Sims, Sim City, Civilization were my favourites.
I was able to read up to 10 books in a summer. I read Harry Potter books in just a couple of days.
