"In your life you'll do things greater than dating the boy on the football team." Fifteen- Taylor Swift.

I've made an awful lot of mistakes in my life, particularly in my teenage years, but I've learnt a lot. Today I'm going to talk about things that I would have told myself when I was 12.

1. Being popular isn't everything
You spend an awful lot of time wishing you were liked by everyone, but you can't please everyone at once.

2. Your physical attractiveness isn't everything
You don't need to starve yourself to fit into a size 0, you don't have to look like the girl in the magazine.

3. Your first heartbreak won't mean anything to you in the end
Everyone becomes heartbroken at some point in their life, but you'll learn from it and become a stronger person!

4. You don't have to pretend to be someone you aren't
You don't need to pretend you like a genre of music or a video game that you don't- you don't need to be afraid of who you are!

5. You don't need a partner and never will
Love is great but it is everything that matters to you, but there are far more important things. You don't need to be in a relationship, not now and not ever.

6. Don't give up
Don't give up on the things you were once passionate about, you may find that passion again one day, don't let it be knocked down by failure.

7. Love yourself, your life and the things you do.