Friday, July 1, 2011

Letter to me -

I was jumping around the internet today and I found a project where a bunch of celebrities wrote letters to their 16 year old selves.      I'm no Brad Paisley, but I started thinking about what I would write..

Hi Honey -                                                                              7-1-2011 (from you, at 40)

I am writing to you today to let you know everything is probably not going to work out how you want it to.
It's OK though... some things are simply meant to be.  Everything you think about fate and faith is probably true.  Stick to your guns - you only end up pissing off a couple of people along the way (and they all end up forgiving you)

To take a few things off your mind -
You will have a date to the prom
You will not get pregnant before you get married (and you won't have to get married because you are pregnant)
You'll always have awesome friends
You will not be rich but you'll have a great life
You will not always love your job - but you'll be damn good at it

Some things you should do in high school-
You have way more going for you than you think you do, break up with that guy now 
Put yourself out there a little bit more and give people a chance

Some things you should do in college-
I know you want to go into radio or TV but if there's any way you can pull off a double major in education- do it, I'd like my summer free please
Date more


Some things you might want to work on now (to save you /me the stress later)-
You're headed for fat - keep working out now... you'll have way more fun if you're not constantly obsessed with the weight thing
Don't forget to try to stay in touch with the people who come in and out of your life... you will miss them later

And finally -
Regardless of how tired you are - keep saying yes!  It's what makes you/me who we are.
Yes to new things
Yes to hard jobs
Yes to learning
Yes to life....

XOXOXO
Me