26 Things I’ve Learned in 26 Years
Be honest. Sometimes it’s uncomfortable. Being uncomfortable often leads to great transformation. When you lie, even if it’s a small white lie, it makes it impossible for you to trust yourself or for anyone else to trust you.
Say I love you more. Even if they don’t say it back.
Be angry. Be sad. Cry when you feel like crying. Feel your feelings as they come. Deal with your shit as it comes. Not after you blow up from holding everything in all the time.
Call your mom, text her back, answer when she calls you, go when she invites you for dinner.
Get a dog.
Spend intentional time and money on your health and wellbeing while you have it.
Journal more.
Stretch your body and breathe deeply while doing it.
Learn how to set boundaries and stop being a people pleaser.
Feelings are not facts. Allowing time to pass before acting or reacting based on how you feel will save you from regret.
Time is medicine.
Be courageous.
Be sweet to yourself. Treat yourself like you are your own baby or child.
Have conversations and relationships with people who are older and younger than you.
Read more books.
Plant a seed.
It’s good to have a growth mindset. It’s also good to accept yourself exactly as you are.
Don’t tell other people what to do. Especially when they didn’t ask.
Say thank you more. To people, to the universe, to yourself.
Listen more than you speak. To people, to the universe, to yourself.
Maybe there is no wrong or right. No good or bad. Multiple, conflicting truths can exist at the same time and still all be perfectly true.
Slow down as much as you can, as often as you can.
Try your best to understand the people you love.
You become the people you surround yourself with.
Never stop learning.
Don’t be too serious!
