A LETTER TO LITTLE ME.

Hey sis, it’s me, well, you, ten years into the future. Just wanting to have a lil chit chat about life and how fucking amazing it is going to be for you. Okay, firstly, you ain’t getting any shorter and I know right now you feel like the odd one out, that everybody is staring at you, feeling like you can’t hide. Let me tell you, one day, your height will be your favourite thing about yourself. How good does that sound? The thing that you dislike the most about yourself right now, will become the thing that you love most. You’ll learn to own it. By the way you love to strut and show off your legs quite a lot now so brace yourself. You went to drama school too, yeah, I know, WTF. You also went at sixteen because you were so eager to just go for it. That’s one thing that I really love about you. You’re never scared of something NOT working out because you always have every confidence that it will. GUESS WHAT? IT DID.

Drama school is gonna be a wild ride. So many highs and lows. Many moments of self-doubt. Telling yourself you couldn’t do it. However, you will get to work with some of most inspirational people ever who will make you believe that you REALLY CAN-DO IT. You’ll get called a “fucking legend” which by the way will never leave your mind. You’ll say it to yourself in your head before every audition and it works. You might begin to think about your body a bit more and at the time you’ll probs want to change everything about yourself because you feel like that’s what you should do. You don’t feel like that now though. You’ll learn that the lil drama school bubble will eventually pop. Then you’ll enter the industry and be surrounded by so many people of so many shapes and sizes and you’ll feel the most at home within your body you have ever felt.

The road after graduating is gonna be TOUGH. Okay. Buckle up for a bumpy ride. You’ll learn that other people’s success does not define your talent and determination to succeed. It’s just not your time right now and that’s okay. Just keep grafting away and good things will come boo. I promise. So many new faces will come into your life and make you so incredibly happy. Friends for LIFE honestly. Hold on to them. You’ll also continue your legacy of giving the best hugs. I love a hug sm. Hug the shit out of the people you love. THERAPY honestly.

You’ll begin to panic in your early twenties and think about fifty different career changes within a week but you’ll be brought back to the thing you were MADE to do. Playing other people. Ugh. The best. You’ll learn how important it is to take care of your mental health. It plays such a HUGE part in your life and making the most of it. So PLEASE take care of yourself and listen to your body and mind. You’ll feel excitement, heartbreak, disappointment, love and my god so much more. Channel those emotions, they’re there for a reason. You’ll audition for dream jobs, get rejected from dream jobs, book dream jobs, slightly miss out on dream jobs but you continue to fight so hard to make a name for yourself in this terrifying thing called showbiz. You’ll have a new crush every week. Kiss many frogs until you find one that is actually pretty great. You’ll make mistakes. MY GOD SO MANY MISTAKES. You’ll learn from them and continue to grow and evolve. You’ll become quite the perfectionist but don’t worry, we’re learning to work through that and understand that no body is perfect. Just keep doing your best babe.

You’ll launch your own blog to help people who need a little extra confidence when it comes to owning their bodies. You’ll preach what you used to practise and become so proud of yourself and the work you have created. You’ll love yourself more than ever and value your opinion of yourself more than anything else. If you don’t love yourself how the hell are you gonna love somebody else? Huh. You have so got this boo. Don’t give up now.

Future you,

Xxx