Rosie Blythe

If your confidence is based purely on the way you look, you__e setting yourself up for a) years of fretting about how to appear perfect, and b) anxiety / despair as the wrinkles inevitably set in. (Not to mention the fact that the world is FULL of pretty girls _ you__e going to have to dig a little bit deeper if you want to stand out in the crowd.) Base your self-belief on what__ in your heart and mind; you__l never lose your inner beauty.

A Princess has beautiful manners no matter who she__ dealing with. She would never stoop to being brusque when giving a burger order, or shouting at the barista who forgot her syrup shot. When we behave like true Princesses, people enjoy serving us, because they__e more likely to get a sympathetic smile instead of a complaint about the long wait.

Lovely as it would be to live off a trust fund and have nothing more taxing to think about than where your next hot stone massage was coming from, it's essential for all human beings to have a purpose. There's no honour in boasting __ don't work, dahling..._ If you're not stretching yourself, discovering where your gifts lie, expressing your creativity, or enriching the lives of others, what are you for?

As long as you wear clothes you love, which suit your body and your personality, it won__ matter if you__e wearing a dress that was in vogue five years ago; you__l still look amazing. Also, somebody has to START new trends, and that somebody could be you.

Don__ hold back because you__e afraid of hurting someone else. If your best friend wants to be a cheerleader and you make the team but she doesn__, don__ feel guilty. If you end up earning more than your sister, it__ not a betrayal. Your success might be an inspiration for someone else, while limiting yourself to avoid upsetting the balance doesn__ help anyone. Equally, rather than being paralysed by jealousy when someone else is coming out on top, use it to spur you on to greater things. Some of our best achievements will be triggered by envy at seeing someone else fulfilling our secret ambitions.

If your attached friends are bugging you about being single (favourite accusation: __ou__e too picky!_) turn it around on them. __o you know any gorgeous single men I could meet?_ (This could backfire if they__e keen to set you up and their idea of __orgeous_ is vastly different from yours. And it will be.) Alternatively, be super-sweet and tell them you__e waiting for your ideal partner __ust like you did_. (It won__ work if you snigger at this point.)

The Princess attitude to food isn__ about obsessively scraping the oil off your salad, saying no to crème brûlée and taking a little snack bag of spinach everywhere you go. I truly believe it__ more important to consciously choose what you__e going to eat and enjoy every bite _ even if it__ a gooey chocolate cake with extra sugary sprinkles _ than to make a healthy diet such a burden that your life stretches out in front of you as a joyless, never-ending round of wafer snack breads. (Let__ face it, chocolate is a divine gift to us all and should be appreciated for the mood-altering drug that it is.)

If you eat healthily most of the time you can afford to indulge yourself occasionally, but if you eat nothing but junk, you__l end up not being able to run for a bus without huffing like a steam train. (The only drawback to being super-fit is that centring your life around your quinoa intake and yoga classes often results in an overdose of smugness which may cause your social circle to shrink.)