THINGS I'D TELL MY TEENAGE SELF

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Hello guys, happy Tuesdaaaay! So I was looking through my old phone photos the other week and let's just say I laughed very hard for a whole 2 minutes. I was not a very cool or stylish teenager to say the least.. And it just encouraged me to write a 'few' tips that I wish I could tell my teenage self!

The first thing I would tell myself is to not try too hard to fit in. When I was in school I found it very hard fitting in but I did have my own little friendship group that I adored however that didn't seem good enough for me so I was always trying to get in with the 'popular' kids and ended up not really being myself. Wow, writing this I feel like I should take this advice now! I still feel like I do this a lot and I'm not really sure why. Maybe because I feel like people won't like the real me? I'm not quite sure. I will definitely try to improve on this!

The second thing I would tell myself is that make-up is not a bad thing every once in a while! When I was in school I had my whole year 9 phase where I had the whole Oompa Loompa look down but I guess the comments that year totally put me off wearing make-up all together so I didn't start wearing it again until I was in college but of course the exception was prom! Not only was I anti make-up then I also thought I'd take the whole natural look a step further apparently and never do anything with my hair. Now I was cursed with the bushy/wavey hair so this probably wasn't the best idea.. So yeah I would definitely tell myself to spruce up from time to time.

Hair looks good, doesn't it?

Another thing I would tell my teenage self is to pay more attention at school and that bunking a lesson (or two!) is never a good idea no matter how good it seems at the time. Now I didn't fail my GCSE's but I could of done a lot better. The funny thing was that I would go into school and go to a couple of my lessons and then decide that I didn't feel like attending Science or Religious Studies that day and then end up sitting in a bathroom stall with my friend in the other one. Now I hope everyone went through this and it wasn't just me? But if you did what were we thinking?! Sitting in a smelly bathroom doing anything we could to pass the time rather than going to our lessons and learning something that could better our future.. Makes no sense. Anyway back to topic, I would just tell myself to work harder, pay more attention and do your home work when it's set. It will all pay off!

The final thing I would tell myself is you don't know what real love is! I remember one relationship in particular where I was completely infatuated by the boy. We had only been together for one month but I guess back then that felt like a year, am I right? Now I thought he was the 'love of my life' and he was the only one for me. So of course when the inevitable happened I was absolutely devastated. The cheeky thing is that the boy broke up with me over text!! I definitely should of given him hell for that but again I guess that was normal then. I remember I cried myself to sleep and refused dinner that night and was very down for a while after that too. So I would definitely tell myself that it wasn't love and he wasn't 'the one' and that it does get better and that every dark cloud has a silver lining!

I really hope you enjoyed reading this and it's made you think of all the things you would tell teenage selves if you had the opportunity! Thanks for reading and don't forget to follow me on twitter, instagram and bloglovin'!

Love, Emma x