16 Things I Should Have Done When I Was Sixteen

I was watching The Pacifier and then there was this scene where one of the kids is part of The Sound of Music. He plays Rolf and then sings a line from 'Sixteen Going on Seventeen'. Listening to the familiar beat of the song actually perked something inside me, like it was something I should remember. The song was basically a soundtrack of my last six months being sixteen, and almost every seventeen year old girl quoted a line from that song in their Facebook profile picture that celebrated their seventeenth year on Earth.

Which makes me ask the question: Was I too excited to be seventeen that I forgot to enjoy my sixteenth year on this planet? Maybe I was, or maybe I wasn't. I don't know that for sure. But I will post sixteen things I'm sure I wish I did back when I was sixteen so that some sixteen year old girl will try her hand on these things (but it's alright if you don't, though I'm sure you'll wish you did when you're seventeen).

1. Wear trendier clothes. Because when you're sixteen, dressing up like a ten year old is not the least bit cute. Nuh-uh, not at all.
2. Watch American TV shows like Glee, The Vampire Diaries, 90210, Pretty Little Liars, Revenge, and the list goes on and on and on...
3. Get piano lessons. Just because.
4. Learn how to socialize with others and not stick to the room's corner/wall/couch/soft drink dispenser.
5. Learn how to eat like a human being and not like a dog disguised as a person.
6. Buy a shoulder bag then learn how to look good with a shoulder bag. If you're going to stick with a backpack, you HAVE to wear only one strap and make the other dangle from behind. Wearing both straps will make you look like a nerd. Also, do not put much inside your bag, even though you know your bag is capable of carrying a number of things. A bulky bag makes a nerdy and awkward student. You do not want to be nerdy and awkward.
7. Finish one big tub of ice cream. By yourself. Brain freeze is acceptable.
8. Wear a bikini because when you're old you'll have wrinkles and then wearing a bikini is just darn disgusting.
9. Talk to boys. Gosh, they're not some foreign, alien creatures. They're just the opposite sex.
10. Sing 'Sixteen Going on Seventeen' with me as Liesl and a guy friend as Rolf. On video. No ifs, no buts. If he refuses, then friendship over.
11. Spend less time on Facebook and more time having fun.
12. Join Sinulog and have fun with the street party and get paint and dirt all over me.
13. Have a karaoke contest with friends.
14. Tell that one person you like since forever that you like them and not care if they'll reject you or not. If they like you, it's cool. If they don't like you, it's cool.
15. Have a Disney Princess and Nicholas Sparks movie marathon in one setting. 
16. Trust someone. Don't overthink, don't overreact. Let them take care of you, and if everything goes wrong, it's OK. It happens, life happens. It's better than haunting yourself with the possibilities.