Being sixteen.
At that age you feel a sense of freedom, you're two years away from being able to drink legally, then three years after that BOOM, you're an adult.
But for me this wasn't what I was thinking when I was sixteen. So maybe there was a big hype amoung my friends that sex would be legal, but because I am one of the youngest in my year, when the time came to becoming sixteen I really wasn't bothered about it.
Looking back at my sixteen year-old self, I don't regret anything. I was three weeks away from starting my A-levels and it felt like every milestone was following one after the other, I just didn't have time to think about everything.
I've spoken before about how I felt so unconfident in myself and my abilities, not just those academically, but also how I approached people and how my appearance. But all of these changed when I was being thrown into situations which I hadn't experienced, like meeting new people every day, having to get up and present work to my class. Netball at college pushed me to be who I am now and I don't know where I would be if I hadn't played with my team for those two years.
I was afraid of not achieving my potential and not reaching my target, Univeristy. Through hard work, dedication, A LOT of motivation and reassurance from my parets I got where I wanted to be and because of this I would tell myself now (if I had the oppurtunity to go back to that year) is just to look forward to the future and make sure the choices that you make in life will make you happy.
Life will slap you in the face sometimes and get you back to reality. Okay, dreaming of your perfect future and mapping out your life is always intriguing, but it will never happen that way. Situations and people will pop out at you when you least expect it and these are the things that will change the path of your life.
