A Note to My 17 Year old Self..

It's been a while. With all the changes(and a funny blog i read) I decided to write a message from current me to my 17 yr old self.

1. You are fine the way you are. Stop trying so hard to 'fit in'.

2. Bragging about your 'sexual' life does NOT make you cool, only desperate.

3. Your body is perfect you YOU. You were never meant to be super thin.

4. You will miss that old convertible you have. Drive it as often as you can before someone hits you and you can't anymore!

5. Your friends are not your whole life. Get to know your family better. In later years it will be them who you turn to for comfort and laughs not those girls you worshiped.

6. Missing a friendly outting is OKAY. You do not need to be present for every single coffee or random drive.

7. Pay more attention in school.Those good grades you've gotten are not an accurate guage of how much you have learned, but how easy your schools testing skills were. Later on you will wish your parents had sent you to a private school.

8. Stop trying so hard to meet a man. Just because other girls are serial dating does not mean you have to. You WILL meet someone amazing.

9. Really start deciding what you want out of life. What are your goals, your skills. Soon you will lose your way and wish you had looked more at those things than what you could fall back on.

10. You will feel a lot of regrets for stupid actions of your youth. It's ok, we learn from our mistakes.

11. Ask for the Vera Bradley purse. You will still have it to this day. It has a lot of memories and looks like a rag, but you will love it regardless.

12. Be nice, but do not get to be close friends with your friends boyfriends. However innocent you are things WILL get twisted around and you will be caught in a jealousy battle.

13. Your are beautiful without all that makeup. However, unless you wear at least some, people will always think you are too young.

14. Your parents are right. About most important things anyway.

15. Stop dressing like a bum. Sweatshirts, t-shirts with sayings and jeans are not fashionable and make you look lazy.

16. Wear better shoes. Your body will love you for it later. Flip flops and smelly sneakers are not all year wear. Buy a pair of heels.

17. You can not eat the large portions your thing friends eat. They wont gain the weight like you will. Eat what you like in moderation.

18. Stay active. It's easy to sit around doing nothing...but it catches up.

19. Those bad habits your friends are getting you into. Quit now.

20. Spend more time with your mom. You will only have her a few more years...