Dear 21-year-old Courtney,

So I decided to join the Letter to my 21 year old self Link up today

Dear 21-year-old Courtney,

This is going to be a great year!!! (So you think) 

You've got a hot boyfriend, you've basically been staying at his house every night you can, and you think you're going to get married and live happily ever after -- you won't.  You break up and are off and on for a couple years, and it sucks! Don't worry you meet the love of your life at 25 and have a great life together!

 Stop thinking life is so great and you can eat (and drink) whatever you want. Yes, you've struggled with your weight before, but right now you're the smallest you've ever been and life is great! Just wait...you'll slowly make your way to the largest you've ever been too. 

Get with the program and wake the hell up, you're letting your school and life suffer right now because you're "having the time of your life". 

This will be the year when you make a lot of mistakes, but later on you'll learn a lot from them and will be sure to never make them again. This is also the year where you start to see things getting really bad with your parents (who divorce a few years later).  

Things will go okay for the next couple years, then things get really bad. Remember how you felt at 21 when you were you're lowest weight...you will be yearning for that again and will begin working your ass off to get there before you get married and turn 30. 

Keep your chin up...you will make it through college with that Bachelor's degree in biology...be proud, you worked hard and it will all pay off (even when you don't end up with a career in the field). 

Love always,

28-year-old Courtney

P.S.  Be glad you learned how to drive a stick shift this year, you'll end up with a hot candy apple red car that's stick shift and it's part of what attracted your amazing bf to you! ;)