[Everglow.]

I love this idea for a post and I'm glad you've noticed things you like about how far you've come. It's one of my favourite things about having been around here for 10 years - I have an archive of who I've been and who I am now, and a lot of the time it's really positive!

I think I've made a lot of really good changes. I'm much more confident in who I am now and not afraid to stand up for myself if I feel I'm being treated badly, which is something years of bullying made really hard for me as a teenager. I'm also much less impacted by what other people think about me too and I've realised most of the time, it doesn't matter anyway.

I'm probably a little bit more shut off from people at the same time though, partially because I feel I'm pretty content with the things and people I have in my life already, but also because distance stops me getting attached to temporary people. I used to trust more easily than I do now!