It’s my birthday!! (Or it will be real soon) To commemorate 23 years of age, and the start of a blogging journey, I figured I would hop on the bandwagon of 23 Lessons in 23 years. I have experienced a lot of life in all forms of crazy, sad, and amazing. My hope today is to make you smile, laugh, and to remind you that no matter what you are not alone.
1. Take a walk in the morning air
2. Embrace the embarrassing moments
It sure makes it easier to gain control of the people who may bully, and may help you view the event as funny rather than shameful!
3. Don’t wait for the right time – it will never come
4. Work to live, don’t flip it.
5. You have the power to influence people’s mood
6. Rejection is still progress
Whether that’s a publishing company saying no, or a job opportunity closing, you at least learned something and put yourself out there. You made progress simply by trying.
7. Always ask yourself if your desires today impact your goals for tomorrow
8. Life will be okay without that person
9. Keep a planner, use a junk journal – do anything to stay creative and organized
10. Use the 24 hour rule on every purchase where possible
When you go to buy something – not including groceries etc., think on it for 24 hours. If you really want or need it, you will be willing to go back for it. If not, well you can’t impulse buy it anymore!
11. Live your own life, and the right people will find you
12. Nerds are cooler than jocks
13. Asking for help is a strength we all envy
14. Always take photos of an incident
The time I didn’t, the city blamed me for the accident and my car also got stolen so, I really had no way to prove that it was the city bus that rear ended me!
15. Make sure you have a window in your college dorm
Who knows … you may need to sneak out to see your mom in a hotel
16. Treat every day like a Monday
That way you can start over when you mess up on a habit right away. Waiting will just make it harder to start again.
17. Keep your savings on a separate app
18. Don’t bring emotions into a debate
Or more specifically, don’t debate emotional topics. A debate should more be about listening to both sides, and being open to their views. If you a) dismiss their point of view, the debate goes nowhere, and b) bring emotions into, the debate will quickly turn into a heated fight.
19. Take everyone’s advice and pocket it. You may never need it, but if you do it’s there for you.
20. Allow yourself to take breaks when needed
21. Even if you already know the fact, allow people to get excited about what they’ve learned
The quickest way to eliminate the excitement in someone about what they’ve learned, or what they are passionate about is to dismiss their news. You may already know the fun fact, but cutting them off from explaining it just places a rift between you and them, and it’s never fun being on the receiving end of being cut short.
22. Always be open to learning
Ask questions, listen to others, don’t expect to be right in every conversation.
23. Don’t lower your standards. Not in relationships, not for your dream career.
Everything takes hard work. Whether it’s working on communication with a partner, or taking on a second job to fund your dreams, it is achievable. Maybe the question should be “how bad do you want it?” If you only want it a little, you will only work for it a little. If you want it a lot, then extra hours, exhausting days, and putting yourself out there is just part of the journey.
