there have been several friends in my life who are older than me and have become like the older sister i’ve always wanted - such a special relationship not quite a mentor but still someone who can give you advice
i grew up as the youngest person in my family so i really didn’t feel the joy of responsibility and/or helping someone through something i’d experienced until i started having friends 1-2 years younger than me god i’m so good at giving advice
I convinced my fav professor from
undergrad to be my mentor despite many objections from her about “I don’t mentor students blah blah blah” and now 5ish years later it’s the best thing I’ve ever done for myself. Now I just get to hang out with someone I adore and admire on the regular and it just makes my heart soar every time we catch up. What a treat!
i sometimes feel like asks get lost among other posts and go answered - you never know if the original asker or someone else still needs the answer to a question so why not go ahead and answer even if it’s from a week/month/year ago ❤️
today someone told me something about myself and they were just so completely off base that i started questioning my tone and facial expressions bc that was in no way the vibe i was going for a related anti rec: people who meet you once and assume that they know everything about you (which they obviously don’t)
