Notes to a former version of me

While I have a love hate relationship with faceache [yes yes I really do call it that], in it's favour its a great way to socially document occasions. I've had a faceache page since 2005 and in hindsight a lot of life changing events have occurred in that seven year space. Yet in 2005 I wasn't an overly happy person, I was in my first year at university trying to find my academic feet while madly enjoying Newcastle and student culture nevertheless wildly unsure of myself and my future. If only I could of told myself these little things;

1. Seven years down the line while you might have two degrees you still won't know what career you want for the rest of your life but maybe that's okki - at least you're still being honest with yourself, not being pretentious, falling for the first job or being big headed with your degrees.
2. Be prepared when you're friends ditch you because they get boyfriends or you move be it back home or further afield. You'll learn the hard way who your true friends are. 
3. Then always remember you are worthy of friends. You always put in the effort with them, it's them who are loosing out.  
4. When you're bored and meant to be writing out your MA dissertation you'll start what's known as a blog and carry on doing it, and you'll make lots of nice blogger friends.
5. You'll never be as skinny as you were at university - while all the walking and the pasta paid off on your figure its good to eat. Embrace you're hour glass figure. 
6. You will still have the same battles with the parents, you're stuck between a rock and a hard place but you'll start to see you have to start doing things for you and learn to live your own life. Yes you both might end up being hurt by actions but life is too short not to start living it.
7. There are decent men out there, and one of them will change your life around, he'll treat you like a princess, spontaneously buy you flowers, treat you to yummy meals and ask you to marry him.
8. You are a hell of a lot more stronger then you ever give yourself credit for, your determined and you're strong. You'll get yourself through a two year long distance relationship and deal with all the hassle and misconceptions that come with one. 
9. One death will create and spur on your addiction for collection vintage powder compacts, you don't need to understand why or how, you just will. 
10. Going on from that thread, you'll start wanting and collecting old things, things you'd once turn your nose up because it was old.
11. The Backstreet Boys will still be one of your favourite bands regardless of loving metal and drum and bass. Oh and they'll still be together but you still won't have seen them live even though you've loved them for 16 years. 
12. Get more tattoos when your at university, you have the spare cash and you have a great tattooist on your doorstep.  
13. You will still ask too many questions, you'll always want to know why something is like it is. But people like you for that. It's a part of you.
14. Oh and you'll move countries, to America, but I'm not going to tell you why - I don't want to spoil all the fun. 

If you could tell anything to a version of yourself, what would it be?