Regret Letter to Myself

1. Eva Hughes
WFED 3050
Regret Letter to Younger Self
Dear Eva,
You’re now about to graduate college and finally begin your adult life! College has brought you
many successes, as well as many life lessons. I hope you learn to grow from these before
entering the next stage of your life. Although you’re proud of where you are now, I’d like to
apologize for some of the missteps along the way.
To begin, you are worthy of love and respect - no matter your relationship status or the number
of leadership roles you take on. I’m sorry for not being confident in myself from the second I
walked onto campus my first year. I’m sorry for wasting freshmen year looking for myself when
my true self was there all along. I’m sorry for letting you doubt your worth by thinking your
worth should be determined by having a serious relationship. I’m sorry for the hours spent
fishing for the reason why you had never been in a serious relationship until your junior year.
I’m sorry that you didn’t believe in yourself, but rather needed validation from others. I’m sorry
for the tears from the growing pains of shaping into the strong woman you are now.
Sophomore year will change your professional life forever. The ladies of Sigma Kappa will
approach you with something you would’ve never imagined for yourself - the position of
President of your organization. Your freshman year self was DYING for validation from others,
but was so wrapped up in self-doubt that you spent many sisterhood events standing in the corner

2. - afraid to speak and afraid to show people your authentic self. Never again will you be the
“forgotten” person in the room - you now know what you bring to the table and how to make
your own seat at the table too. Be proud of the ways you’ve grown in the past 4 years! You will
go on to work your way up to being the President of two other organizations - all while
maintaining a solid GPA, keeping your friends and family close, and working on yourself.
Junior year will change your personal life forever. You’ll have a moment of realization that you
have all of these great things (leadership positions, friends, family, and now, confidence!), but
that something about your life still feels incomplete. When you’re least expecting it, the perfect
person will walk into your life and change it forever!
Now looking back, you never NEEDED that relationship or NEEDED those leadership roles to
find yourself and find your confidence. But life is a process - and that was just a part of your
learning process as a young adult.
Be proud of yourself and your accomplishments, while also focusing on continuing to develop
yourself and your relationships with others! Love yourself on your worst days like you would on
your best days. Know that the best is yet to come!
Love,
Eva