Dear Younger Self: Revenge Will Be Served Ice Cold.

Here’s Everything You Need to Hear That Nobody’s Telling You.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a letter to my 17 year old self.

Anton,

You’re a beautiful human being.

You can’t even recognize how you are night and day compared to everyone else in the family.

You are not like them.

Stop agonizing about finding a girlfriend.

If you only listen to ONE thing I say, let it be this:

GET A THERAPIST.

(It will save you years of suffering.)

Stay focused. You’re way more powerful than you could imagine.

Someday, you’ll discover your ability to deal with adversity is legendary.

That’s coming from me… and everybody who knows me.

I wish you could see your good qualities the way I do.

At 37, I’m trying my best to be like you.

I’m trying to beat YOUR high school records.

It took me over a decade to realize how profound the lessons you are learning are. You’re going to school… and think you’re learning Algebra and Calculus.

But, what you’re learning is how to work hard… Keep your nose on the grindstone… Delay gratification… and focus on long-term goals.

Twenty years from now, you wi…