Rant and advice about my biggest regret from someone who's probably close to being done with puberty
I hate my height, I feel insecure about it, and I have only started to feel the fear of being under average in my surroundings, I didn't care back then because I was quite tall for my age back then because of early puberty, but as the people around me grew older and started puberty, I realize that I am not really "tall", and I really hate that feeling. I am 16, 175cm, dad is 180 and mom is 155 (however my maternal aunts are like 160+, not sure if that changes anything). I think I am in the final stages of puberty, I haven't grown much since last year, and I regret what I have done that probably made me not reach my potential.
The thing is that I REALLY really regret not prioritizing sleep. Due to my school schedule and my addiction to short form content, plus the fact that I am a chronic procrastinator, doing my homework past 12 because I couldn't bring myself to do it earlier, I slept like 5-6 hours daily when I was in my growth spurt during weekdays, and 7-8 hrs in weekends, and slept even less for the past 1-2 years because I had more work to do, I did take naps though, but I don't think it really matters anymore. I remember when I procrastinated during my exams, and started studying the day before, and during exam weeks I got like 2-3 hrs of sleep daily. Now I feel fatigued and terrible everyday too.
I ate well, but I didn't sleep well, I exercised sometimes but was very inconsistent. I really really hate my school and what short form content did to me, I hate that I cant stop procrastinating.
So my advice to those that recently started puberty or is still growing. PRIORITIZE SLEEP AND EAT WELL, get 8+ hrs sleep, if anything is getting in your way of sleeping 8+ hours then it's not important, because nothing is more important than sleep when you are in puberty. And stop doomscrolling and procrastinating too.
alright I'm done yapping