I made it to 40!

Dear 40-year-old Sandy,

Your husband is sleeping with the receptionist.  Just kidding. You’re sleeping with the receptionist. I’m done now that I’ve got that out of my system.

I don’t know how much I actually have to say to you right now, so I would like to share some of my 25-year-old hopes with you. You came to Centennial College to study corporate communications and public relations because you were tired of working jobs that you didn’t care about. Please don’t settle and end up doing something you hate. Or settle and end up with someone you hate. Just don’t settle, ever.

I also hope that keep learning even though you are finished school. When you began school this year you were very active on Facebook and somewhat active on Twitter, and you knew nothing about social bookmarking sites. Throughout the program I have learned a lot about social media and changed how I use social media. I have signed up for Stumbledupon and Pinterest, and done a complete U-turn on standard social media sites. I don’t like Facebook as much as I use too, and I am now addicted to Twitter. I will admit that I can be a bit of a technophobe, and sometimes new things scare me. I hope that I am over this by 40, and that someday I can be someone who is ahead of the social media trend, rather than following the trend.

I also hope you dress better than you do right now. While I have enjoyed being back in school and not having to worry about how I look all the time, I have gotten a bit too comfortable dressing like a slob. Sometimes I look homeless. I know this is not behavior will be able to get away with in the future. I hope that I have a job that allows me to dress nicely for work. On the other hand, by the time I’m 40 I hope that I have been able to curb some of my bad spending habits, particularly where clothes are concerned. It’s going to be tricky. 

Lastly, I’d like to congratulate you for making it to 40. A friend and I have big, exciting plans for this summer and like M.I.A sings, “live fast, die young, bad girls do it well.” It’s going to be a good summer, I just hope we both escape unscathed.