What I Would Tell Me.

In my caffiene induced sleeplessness last night, I start thinking about things I wish I could change. If I could speak to the younger MAV, what would I tell her to do differently.

Here are some little things I decided on that would make my future life better without necessarily changing my life completely.

• Take gymnastics. Not just because I really wish I knew how to do back flips cause they would be really entertaining at parties, but because that might have set me on a good fitness plan for life and maybe I wouldn't be struggling so much ten years later.
  
• Make better boyfriend choices/be more honest with boyfriends. Yeah, this could be applied to any point in my life. Maybe if I had started that honesty thing sooner, things would be different now.
  
• Major in fine arts. You would have saved yourself a lot of time and heart ache.
  
• Put off buying a car until you absolutely must.
  
• Don't pierce your navel.
  
• Don't "date" guys you meet at bars. Especially bouncers.
  
• Ditch band, join yearbook. Only because I would have gotten involved in photography earlier in life and rarely play the oboe in the present.
  
• Check for back hair before dating.

These are just a few. I could probably add more if I would think about it longer. What would you tell your young self that would improve, but not completely change your life.