I've always been the overachiever aswell, right from the moment I set foot in school and up until I was 14. Now I'm 16 and I feel myself deteriorating in my school work, and I really hate it. I should be revising right now because I've got my GCSEs, and instead I'm posting like crazy on here to beat other people and I'm watching Hollyoaks, lazing on the sofa.

I still wish I was like you...I crave the ability to want to be able to pick up another Austen novel and read it all in one go like I used to. Beth, honey, be glad you are how you are and don't change yourself for anyone. There's no point in adapting to suit others because you're the one who has to live with yourself day in, day out, not them. Friends won't stay with you until your dying moment, but your life will, and you have to live with yourself.

If you need anything, please don't hesitate to send me a message...I see so much of you in me two years ago, believe it or not.

Take care.