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How you define yourself is a major issue for young people and adults alike.
It starts with trusting yourself, even if people are telling you you're too young to trust yourself.
With young people, there's often that carelessness, allowing yourself to get into danger - recklessness, I suppose.
I tell people not to write too soon about their lives. Writing about yourself too young is loaded with psychological complexities.
Most young people find botany a dull study. So it is, as taught from the text-books in the schools; but study it yourself in the fields and woods, and you will find it a source of perennial delight.
Obviously, in different circumstances, I definitely related to this idea of feeling claustrophobic and wanting to discover things for yourself. I think that's something that all young people can relate to.