Lena Dunham Instagram – Recently I came across this photo of me at 24. I could remember exactly where I was when it was taken- the bathroom of a bar in the dead heat of August, wearing a vintage dress of my mother’s, with this overwhelming feeling (the kind you only get when you’re young) that you’re on the precipice of some big change. It got me dreaming about what that girl would have thought if I could appear in that mirror and tell her what the next 10 years would hold. “Hello, it’s me, 34 year old Lena. You’re not gonna believe this but in, like, 2 months you’re going to start on six seasons of a TV show. Are people gonna like it? That’s a… complex question, but you will love making it, and you will learn exactly what your own voice sounds like. Oh, and you’re going to write books. Like, WHOLE books. And yes, you will fully move out of your parents house and all the way to freakin’ California- don’t worry, I know it’s Hollywood but you won’t have to lose weight, in fact you’ll gain it- and sometimes even to the UK. And yes, you have a million friends and collaborators you love and you aren’t lonely in the ways you are now. Which is good because yeah, you know those random stomach aches? There’s, like, a bunch of surgery coming. They’re going to take out your uterus, which I know sounds kinda random but trust me, it’s a bigger deal once you’re older. And then you’ll have to get sober. But you don’t have a drug problem? Oh, please hold for that. And by the time you’re my age you’ll have kissed approximately 47 men (you still keep a list!) and literally none of them will be your husband. And you STILL can’t fucking drive. But you know the weird part? It’s all okay. It’s better than okay. It’s exactly what you were hoping for when you went into the bathroom and held this brand new thing called an iPhone up to the mirror thinking ‘something great is coming.'”