If you are on twitter you have seen the hashtag #tweetyour16yearoldself. You can’t miss it as it is trending. However there is so much I would say to myself at 16 that twitter and it’s 140 character limit could not do it justice.
– Move back home! If you tell your mom you want her to stay in the city and not move to the farm so that you can move home she will do it.
– The boy you think you are madly in love with may be nice but your differences are too many. Accept the heartache and move on.
– You can not change a boy or cut umbilical cords that are still attached. Don’t waste 5+ years on trying to change it.
– Finish high school. Don’t wait until you are 28 to do it.
– Do not stay in the abusive relationship because you think you are stuck. You are not. Get out and get out fast. Actually let me tell you his name so that when you meet him you know to run the other way as fast as you can.
– You will find true love and with an amazing man who will treat you how a woman should be treated.
– Stay true to who you are. Never change for anyone.
– When your moms boyfriend offers to pay for you to get your licence DO IT. Otherwise you will end living in a city with no bus service wishing you had done so. Note to present me. Get over your fear and just DO IT.
– You will be an amazing mother. Don’t doubt yourself.
I am sure I could go on with many other things but my 16 year old self is probably already bored of listening to me.