What's some advice you would tell your 16 year old self ?

This thread reminded me of this:

Jim Wendler: A Letter to My Younger Self
http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/a_letter_to_my_younger_self

Dear 16 yr old me...

BANG THEM ALL

SWEET!

Do not date or marry ____ _____. Just don't. Neither one of you are ready or mature enough to handle the kind of relationship he's asking for.

MAJOR IN MUSIC. GET YOUR DOCTORATE. TEACH. Parents will deal. That stuff about "Those who can't do, teach" is utter BULLCRAP. DON"T fall for it.

Dayton, OH will be a great city for/to you someday.

Hug your mom. She's going through a whole lot more than she's letting on.

Dear 16 year old me-

You will not care about those girls in 10 years...STOP TRYING TO IMPRESS THEM. Also that shirt you wear that says "Cutie"...NOT CUTE.

Eat more food...a balanced diet and fit body is SO much more important that fitting into a size zero- running track has already determined your legs are not going to fit a zero! Be proud of them!

Your parents are a lot cooler than you think...in 10 years they will live 2000 miles away. cherish this time with them

Walk and play with Scout more...he'll pass away while you're at school.

Finally, focus NOW on your future- it'll be the present sooner than you realize.

Love- older and wiser self.

Dear 16 year old me,

Go join a sport or something, you lazy @*kitten*.

Love,

Your almost 23 year old self

Invest in Apple that's a good one! Develop instagram! LOL #Geek&DevelopersUnite!!!

Also don't get that belly button ring b/c you will have 2 kids eventually LOL.

Go out to Spring break instead of being a DORK in the computer lab LOL.

don't let somebody make u soooo miserable that you end up not givin a toss about urself:(

This thread reminded me of this:

Jim Wendler: A Letter to My Younger Self
http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/a_letter_to_my_younger_self

ok--Michonne--motorcycles--and wise advise for 16 year old self--- I lived in the greater Seattle area for 23yrs WHERE the F were you when I was choosing a prom date !! LOL

Dear me,

You think you are fat, but you're not! You are beautiful! Dump that boy who wants to stop you from going to New York for college. He is a user.

Resist the temptation not to go out for volleyball. You love it even though you mess up sometimes. Nobody's perfect.

Pay more attention in your Microsoft Excel course. And Spanish

Stop wearing socks and sandals.

Love,

Your chubbier but smarter future self

Smile more
Speak up more
Be yourself, not everyone will like you and thats OK.
There is so much more out side of that tiny little town.
You will go places.
Travel - lots
Stop thinking you are fat - you aren't but in 13 years you will be so enjoy how you look now.
You know those 'friends' in highschool, of all of them you will only talk to 4 of them in the end, and you only see them once and a while in a few years, enjoy their company.
You will meet the perfect man in a few years... you will hate him... and then you will like him.. and then he will become your absolute best friend.


WEAR YOUR SUNSCREEN WOMAN.

Dear 16 year old me,

Do NOT get married at 19 no matter how in love you think you are! Enjoy being young and go to school. You really can do anything you set your mind to, the only thing that is stopping you is yourself. So, buck up and just do it! Don't ever use drugs or drink. Also, don't complain about being "too skinny" because one day you will wish you were!

Love, Me/You

Hey me!
You did alright!
Everything you did and should not have done has made you a better person, a better father and a better husban. I would not change a thing!

Hello me,

Take a good look at yourself in the mirror and pictures, because no matter how much mom says that you have a pudgy tummy and you should lose weight.. YOU DON'T. And then don't start trying to lose weight and fail because you can't, causing you to give up and eat more and in fact GAINING weight to where you DO get fat.

So.. just remember. You look stunning, keep it that way now or end up on a website trying to lose weight you didn't have to gain in the first place.

Thanks.

I have sort of come full circle from the 16 year old self,

I would have told myself to start eating healthier and move out to san diego for college...I'm telling my 23 year old self the same thing only now it's for grad school. perhaps i should start listening.

*Date Bret...he really likes you, and you really like him. Who cares if Mom and Dad tease you about it?
*Apply to Julliard--Boppee (my grandpa) told you he'd pay for the application fee--it's worth it!
*Remember how you've wanted to sing opera since you were 8? Do it.
*Start thinking about what you want to be when you "grow up"...don't just assume teaching is it.
*CALL OLD FRIENDS. You'll need them later and the longer you wait, the harder it is to get in touch with them.
*Realize that you're actually pretty slender and that you don't have to be a size 2 to look pretty.
*The weight you're going to put on in college--that's not your fault. Find a doctor who will believe you and help you figure things out. Just do your best to not let it get out of hand...once you gain 60#, it's hard to get it off.