Day 13: Dear Brain.

Dear Brain,

You have got me through the past (nearly) sixteen years pretty well. For the first thirteen of those years, you soaked up information like a sponge, which was very helpful, and has allowed me to do some good things, so thank you. However, now, when I need information more than any other time in my life, you seem to reject it. We need to talk about this.

First of all, I have things I need to remember. Things like drama essays, making props, blogging every day. Now you're even starting to forget birthdays, which used to be your specialist subject. Also, I have these big exams coming up. Like, really big. Probably not the biggest or most important in my entire life, but without them I won't be able to go on to those bigger, more important exams, so I kinda need your cooperation please. Oh, and these exams are in 11 different subjects. No pressure.

You're great at letting me dream about other worlds, worlds where I don't have to go to school every day and I can live in London and go to the theatre and do amazing things. That's great. It gets me through life. But please can you make it a bit easier when I have to return to reality? Please try to be happy- it's not our dream life (i.e. a life without school), but it's better than a lot of people's lives, so we should be grateful and appreciative. Ok?

Also, you know those memories of the past you have stored in the archives? Is it possible you could remember the happy ones and delete the sad ones please? Because I'm fed up of only remembering sad things. I look back on the good times of my life but only remember the bad bits. Can we fix that please? Thanks.

You're a good brain, but we need to stop relying on post it notes to remember things. Together, we'll remember.

Thank you Brain.