Dear Me

I was asked to write a letter to myself aged 16 yesterday by the guys at BBC5Live.
My letter read:
You will never know it all - although you think you do.
Guilt doesn't work.
Regret doesn't work.
If you have inner doubts, listen hard and make them your outer screams, don't bury them to worry about later.
Hindsight isn't worth hoping for - it is always the right decision at the time.
Don't waste any more time writing that top secret diary. It will make your toes curl in 30 years and is being read by your mum while you are at college anyway. You should write a book about a boy wizard instead.
Jaci Barton aged 51 and a quarter.
Have a great Christmas everyone and thanks for being with me through 2011!