What I Didn't Know 10 Years Ago

Ten years ago, I was 14, and I was starting the second half of my freshman year of high school.

- That being a teenager is not as fun as it sounded.
- What I wanted my career to be.
- That college would be SO MUCH better than high school.
- How to dress.
- How NOT to be shy.
- Why guys can be such jerks (I still don't! lol)
- That time is precious.
- That I would know as much as I do now.
- That being in your twenties is sometimes like being a teenager but on another level.
- That my parents would ACTUALLY move to Nashville.
- That it doesn't matter what other people think of me, as long as I'm comfortable in my own skin.
- That eventually I'll be pretty comfortable in my own skin. :)
- That 7 years later I would FINALLY go to Ethiopia...and Egypt, too!
- That peanut butter is amazing! (I used to really not like peanut butter.)
- That my body is capable of doing the things that it does now.
- That I would be living with my parents 10 years later. lol
- That I would live through some of the worst tragedies.
- That the best friendships are the ones with the least expectations.
- That Michael Jackson wouldn't be around forever. lol
- That life doesn't get easier.
- That I would be on a swim team a year later.
- That 10 years later I'd be completely single and NO WHERE near marriage.
- That certain not-so-good habits that I have will continue on with me.
- That very few of the dreams I had will be fulfilled.
- That I would eventually have the kind of friends that I always wanted.
- That my need to collect random things is just a phase.
- That just because some little thing goes wrong, it's not the end of the world...blame the hormones. lol
- That being in your twenties doesn't feel as old as it sounds...sometimes. :-P

To be continued...