Advice For Your Teenage Self

Less hairspray
Pluck your eyebrows
That skirt is too short
No one needs to see your buttcheeks in those ripped jeans
He's no good for you
Sleep with more hot young boys while you can
That peach schnapps is going to haunt you for the rest of your life
Hang in there, Wonder Bras are about to be invented

Go to a professional brow bar to have your eyebrows shaped the first time.
Always carry extra feminine products in your purse.
Never attempt to shave your legs while dry.
If someone tells you a secret, keep it.

Love yourself more.
Dream BIG. Don't settle for what others want you to be.
Confidence is sexy.

Go straight into the miltary or college.
Save some money.
Keep up with GOOD friends.
Don't use the sun spray to dye your hair.
Pay attention in school, it matters.
Fight less....

Everyone around you is just as insecure and worried about the rest of their lives as you. No one cares about what people think of you as much as you do. Be nice to your mom, she will be your friend soon. Save as much money from your paycheck as possible, those clothes won't be in your closet forever.

Don't give up. On anything. Even if it's hard. Keep trying.

Those boys who are "like brothers" to you? Get off your high horse and accept one of their invitations to go out.

Those plaid converse with rainbow shoelaces WERE cool. So were the red cowboy boots. Rock it, sister.

Do NOT wax the little hairs in the corner of your lip. Please...don't listen to your cousin. She is crazy...once you wax them, you will fight a Magnum PI 'stache for the rest of your life. Don't do it.

--You're good enough, you're smart enough, and dog-gone-it people like you!
--Calm the heck down. Most of what you are worried about won't matter in 4 years.
--Stay in church.
--Believe people when they tell you who they are. Don't waste time on some of those people.

ETA something that abr79 reminded me of!

--You have an awesome athletic body (seriously, I briefly had a 6-pack and still thought I was fat). Don't take it for granted! Becoming sedentary will change that and you will have to work hard to get back to where you are now. Don't stand outside of the weight room, look in with fear, and then walk away. Get in there and ask for help. You may even meet some hot dudes that way! 

A lot of my advice is repeats, but here goes:
Study more, get the kind of grades that earn scholarships
Take lots of classes, enjoy the free education and stop trying to just take what you need to graduate
Don't drink/party so much trying to impress people, fit it, and feel more confident about yourself--people will love you for who you are and if they don't, they aren't worth it.
Join more clubs and organisations.
It's fine to have a boyfriend, but don't get overly wrapped up in him.

1. Listen to Maya Angelou -- when someone shows you who they are, believe them. The first time. Make choices accordingly. (I learned that lesson in college, but wished I learned it earlier. Well, actually, I wish I learned it at the age of 5.)
2. Ask professors for practical advice on how to achieve your goal.
3. Pick the money career. Go for the green.
4. Don't move to the midwest.

<sigh> where do I start?

-Don't wear that PLEASE.
-Put the Sun In back on the shelf.
-Stop with the bangs. Not one more perm either.
-Don't have sex with that one.
-Take mom up on her offer to send you to Mercer instead of staying home because you can't bear to leave the boy who's going to cheat on you in just a couple of months.
-Listen to mom's advice about money and SAVE NOW and Plan for retirement so we won't be where we are right now.
-Ok so you didn't go to Mercer, at least stick with your intended major and FINISH school please!
-Your skin WILL clear up and you WILL be (mostly) confident one day.
-You are so much prettier than you believe.
-Stay active, your metabolism is going to go to hell in a hand basket at 35 and you're going to wish you'd kept up your active lifestyle. Also, cellulite is hereditary in our family - don't think you're immune.
-You don't need to get married when you're 21, live on your own for awhile and learn to love and depend on yourself. It's going to take a lot longer the way you're going to end up doing it.
-Good job on those grades, but you could have done better. Study more!

You are in for a fun ride. Don't change a thing.

Take advantages of the opportunities that teachers and mentors suggest for you. I wish I had at least tried to be a part of Mock Trial.
Study more and stop trying to get out of class; college and real life will come soon enough.
Enough with the Sun In! Just stop!
Spend more time with your family especially grandparents. If I had known that both of my grandmothers and one grandfather would die in my mid and late 20's and beyond, I would have changed things.
Save money! You will need it later.
Easy on the makeup you really don't need all that much!

 Exactly!