30 Things – 10 things to Tell Your 16 Year-Old Self

1. Spend more time with your friends and less time with your boyfriend.

2. Get off the computer and read.

3. Cherish your family.

4. Think about life from the perspective of an 80-year-old. What’s important now?

5. Stop being so flipping hard on yourself. Perfection doesn’t fix problems, struggles, or pain. Acceptance does.

6. What you wear is much less important than you think.

7. You look ridiculous being so dramatic. You’ll look back in 10 years and laugh at yourself. Chillax.

8. Be more adventurous! You’ll remember those years forever and have fun stories to tell your grandkids!

9. Appreciate the people around you more (teachers, coaches, parents, siblings, etc.).

10. Dream big and write. Write, write, write!

 

Friday

It’s been a lazy morning. I tried to stay up to watch the Veep debate last night, but only made it till 10pm. When Sean got in bed at 10:30, I remember asking, “Is it time to get up already?” Never has, “It’s only 10:30″ sounded so sweet. I still had all night to sleep!!!

Anyway. It’s finally Friday. It seems like Monday was the day before yesterday, right?

I’m enjoying a few minutes of darkness, candles, and Christmas music (Vince Guaraldi is my Christmas station on Pandora, try it!). The hippos (cats) are running around the house growling at each other because they all want the same toy.

Boy, am I ready for the weekend! Marathon countdown: 16 days. Yikes!

Love this quote. Happy Friday!

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