What I Would Say to My 21-Year-Old Self

Even if I was too stubborn to listen

Sylvia Emokpae
ILLUMINATION
Published in
9 min readDec 16, 2020

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Everyone has regrets, especially those who deny it. Everybody wishes they had handled a situation differently or done something they were too scared to at the time. Mostly, people regret not having done something.

I can imagine talking to my younger self with a preaching tone to my voice. It would be something…

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Sylvia Emokpae
ILLUMINATION

Hustler by day, mother all the time. Inspired by normal life occurrences because, in hindsight, everything we do is interesting. Chocolate addict.