This week is my 24th birthday and I figured that my blog post for you all today is going to be the top things I have learned in the past 24 trips around the sun. Through the years I have traveled, moved, gotten married, almost completed my masters, and learned a lot of lessons. Here is what I have taken from my life and what I want to pass on.
- It is okay to be scared, it is what you do with that fear that matters.
- Life is too short to read bad books (or watch bad movies, etc.). If you aren’t loving it, change to something you do love.
- Loving something doesn’t mean that you are defined by it.
- Some of the best friends are ones that you don’t speak to all the time, it is the ones that you can pick back up with automatically without any hesitation.
- School (and life) becomes so much more enjoyable when you are doing what you love.
- I don’t always know what I am thinking and that is okay, sometimes my feelings take time.
- Crying and being emotional doesn’t make you weak, it makes you human.
- There is not much I love more than a hot bath with a candle, music, and a good book at the end of a long day.
- Where you live doesn’t make a home, it is who you are living with.
- I mess up, a lot, but every day I get a little bit better, and all that matters is that I try.
- I haven’t managed to keep a plant alive yet, though it doesn’t stop me from wanting a house and yard full of plants.
- I wish I was better at keeping connected with people.
- Treasure the time you have with people, it sometimes goes too fast.
- If you are feeling stressed, go outside. Fresh air and nature are healing.
- Don’t judge other based on what they used to think. There are a lot of my previous opinions I don’t want others to judge me on anymore.
- Surround yourself with community. Life is better with other people.
- Sometimes it is okay to go to bed angry, life always looks a bit brighter in the morning.
- It is amazing the words you remember to the songs of your childhood. Keep them in your brain, you never know when you might need them.
- Learn something new every day.
- I would way rather bake than cook, but I am getting better at it.
- Sometimes I need people to make me more spontaneous, otherwise I get too much into a rut.
- Sometimes it is okay to be scared, I just need to work on it not affecting my life.
- Sometimes the best thing you can say is yes. Sometimes the best thing you can say is no.
- I am beautiful, I am smart, and I am the only person just like me.
So there you have it, my top tips and lessons I have learned from the past 24 years. I am hopefully many years to go and many more lessons to learn, but here is to 24 amazing years and more lessons than I can count!
