1. Dating someone with a huge age gap can be predatory.
2. Everybody can’t go with you on your journey.
3. The club ain’t all that.
4. Struggling just to say you have your own place is not ideal.
4. The American dream ain’t dreaming like they said it would.
5. You’re going to be winging it A LOT.
6. Maturity doesn’t always come with age.
7. It’s your responsibility to heal.
8. Metabolism changes will catch you off guard.
9. Going to bed at the same time every night will change your life. Yes, even on weekends.
10. Credit cards can be used to have a better quality of life.
11. People-pleasing can sometimes help you professionally.
12. You don’t have to repeat the cycle of abuse by spanking children.
13. Having a business/side hustle can help you reduce a lot of expenses.
14. You actually have to talk to people to make friends.
15. You will waste a lot of food if you don’t start eating at home.
16. Most people are emotionally stuck at the age when their trauma began.
17. A pill organizer is necessary.
18. It doesn’t matter that they are your parents, you may have to cut them off if they keep hurting you.
19. Alcohol is not your friend.
20. Turns out that avoiding your problems don’t actually make them go away.
Find someone who isn’t afraid to admit that they miss you, who knows you aren’t perfect but treats you as if you are, who’s biggest fear is losing you, who says “I love you” and means it with all of their heart, someone who believes leaving and giving up isn’t an option.
You disrespect yourself when you rekindle a relationship that humiliated you. Forgiveness is one thing but you have to have boundaries. You can’t always be nice. That’s how people take advantage of you. You teach people how to treat you by deciding what you will and won’t accept.
that people will say things bc it sounds nice but when you watch them move, their actions scream differently.. so just let people's actions speak for them.