what did you want at sixteen that you quietly still want?
some wants are old. they were there before you learned to be practical, before you started editing your desires to fit what seemed reasonable. they're still there, just quieter.
every day there's one live question, the same for everyone. answer it anonymously, see what other people said. it's all gone in seven days.
answer today's question →close your eyes for a moment and think about yourself at sixteen. what did you want. not just the obvious things, but the feeling underneath. maybe it was freedom, or closeness, or to be seen in a particular way. write it down. then write about where that want lives now. has it gone underground, or does it still surface in small moments. write about why you stopped saying it out loud. did someone dismiss it. did you decide it was childish. did life just move on. then be honest on the page: do you still want it. and if you do, what does that mean for you now.
- write about the version of your life your sixteen year old self imagined, and where it overlaps with what you still want.
- describe a moment recently when that old want surfaced unexpectedly.
- write about what you'd need to admit to yourself to take that want seriously again.
this is for anyone who grew up and became sensible but never quite let go of something. the want didn't die. you just stopped mentioning it.