‘Oh man kid, you got some issues.’ — A Letter To My Younger Self

Some brief context:

I wrote this not long after my birthday in 2017, and posted it on my blog dorareads.co.uk .

I wasn’t expecting it to become a hugely popular post — I thought it would maybe get a handful of views from some of my most loyal readers. And that was fine by me.

The response was larger than I’d ever imagined — with over 1000 views and so many people responding to it…