1) No matter how much you fancy a style change or a fresh set of bangs DO NOT under any circumstances pick up a pair of kitchen scissors & remove any ginger hairs from your head. You are not Toni & Guy and you will be haunted by these photos reminding you of your lack of hairdressing skills for many, many years to come...
2) Always believe your gut instinct. If something doesn't feel right, it probably isn't. Trust your intuition - regardless of how much you want something.
3) Regardless of how necessary it feels to send that 'I luv u' text at 3am in Walkabout, Plymouth. You will regret it in the morning. Like seriously you will wake up and remember even if you attempt to delete it from your life and you will feel so humiliated you will consider emigrating, a face lift, change of identity or a punch in the face for being so stupid.
4) You will eventually grow some boobs... it may take time but they are on there way so do not feel the need to start saving for a boob job with your piggy bank, buying triple boost bras and stuffing rolls of toilet roll down them as a teenager.
5) You are a fiery little redhead and can often react to a shitty situation without any brain engagement and therefore in five minutes time when you've calmed down and become kinda human again, you will instantly regret everything you said and then spend the next three hours making endless cups of tea & endlessly grovelling.
6) As wonderful as Disney films & Rom-coms are it is highly unlikely your love life, choice of men and relationship with animals will reflect any kind of similarity. He won't climb onto your non-existent balcony at 3am declaring his love for you... thats actually kind of creepy - just saying.
7) Life goes crazily, stupidly, scarily quickly and theres nothing you can do about it. Make the most of every situation as it happens because before you know it you'll be sat writing a blog post at 9pm on a Tuesday night in your pyjamas reflecting on the previous decade...oh wait...
8) Do not dye your hair 'dark down' aka 'black' as your are naturally pale and covered in freckles and hair does grow. Therefore it will result in you spending most of your time buying boxes of hair dye and resembling the look of a Duracell battery. Embrace the ginger hair - You're a unique little ginge!
9) Change is inevitable in life so instead of trying to control it and stop it from happening, just go with the flow. It usually means you're on to bigger and better things anyway
10) You are enough & there is always someone who will appreciate that (This ones deep)
What ten things would you tell your ten year old self? Makes you think doesn't it! Let me know your thoughts, I'd love to hear them!
Love M i c h a e l a x
