If you could talk to your teenage self

Billy69_uk said:
stop being so worried about what other people think of you.

It really doesn't matter, and honestly, most people aren't giving you a second thought anyway.
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And in fact the paradox is often the most genuinely well liked people are those who really don't care and understand their own value.

A really good piece of advice I read was something along the lines of:

Reflect and write down a list of what your personality is like, what you're good at and what makes you happy.

Then do a list of what traits you value in other people, what you look for in a friend or a partner.

Own the first list and embrace who you are. If others don't like it, their loss.

Keep the second list in mind when meeting people. If they're way off, why would you waste time with them? Regardless of how popular or otherwise they may be.

Easier said than done as an adult never mind a teenager though.
 
Get out of the area where I lived
(Didn’t leave till I was 19)
If Apprenticeships were around like they are now, take one of them
 
Considering everything went in one ear and out the other , I wouldn't bother my older self to even try . Like I was happy to sit there and appear to listen , was good at that , but if you asked me in the afternoon what advice was given in the morning I would have seemed confused as if a conversation never took place.
 
Just because you like driving your dad's car and fastidiously looking after it (given there's not a lot else to do and you've got no money anyway), that doesn't mean you have to keep it for the e rest of your life - same goes for that football team of yours.........
 
I would ask my teenage self, how I could keep the enthusiasm, energy, lust for life I had in my younger years, going into later life.
 
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