18 year old self

Make sure you hold vigil over the mailbox, because you are going to be accepted to your top two colleges. If you don’t, your mom is going to hide your acceptance letters, because she doesn’t want you to leave town and thinks you should just be satisfied working in the factory the rest of your life as it’s been good enough for everyone else. Don’t worry about the factory though, because you’re going to leave town anyway and eventually get your education. It just won’t be as difficult or take as many years if you just check the damn mail.