This whole article basically came about at 2 am (as all good, or bad, ideas do). I was thinking back to how horrible I am at moving, which might be a later article, and some of the things I've learned. This is my whole life up to now, laid out in lessons I learned at every age.
1. Starting to walk so young is probably why you walk so weird now. It's just exponentially less cute at 21 than 10 months.
2. You get lucky. Sometimes when you're front teeth meet the floor it all turns out okay.
3. Maybe you should be a little more careful with your head, though, you need that. Although growing up with Harry Potter means you don't hate your scar so much.
4. Starting school earlier than most is a blessing. You'll meet some great people.
5. You've got an imagination on you, bless your heart. You'll forever be confusing geography as well. "Hawai-o" doesn't exist, just btw.
6. You sit in front of the television as the president "declares war" whatever that means. Then you go outside and play because it can't touch you. Cherish that innocence.
7. Dad's business trips will stop eventually. And get this: even as an adult he's still your best friend.
8. You'll remember him. Like a distant dream, but you will.
9. This teacher made you want to do anything but teach, but life works in mysterious ways.
10. It's okay to like "boy" things. Let me repeat that: IT'S OKAY TO LIKE "BOY" THINGS.
11. You meet the best friend you'll probably ever have. Enjoy it while it lasts.
12. You aren't a terrible writer. Promise.
13. You're allowed to like soccer AND music. You'll forget that in a few years
14. Don't let other people tell you how you should dress. You'll cherish your gender nonconformity when you're older.
15. Don't be so hard on your mother. She just doesn't want to get a call about you being in a car crash. Slow the %$&! down.
16. It's called bisexuality. You don't know it now, but two years from now you'll wish you knew it back then. You aren't broken.
17. Grandma's can do Jell-O shots. But more importantly she saw you graduate.
18. Smoking isn't cool. Period. Also, put a hat on you dumbass. It's -35 degrees. Your ears will ache anytime they get cold now.
19. You can do the teaching thing. You may feel like a baby yourself but you can be in charge of young people's English education and do well at it.
Just a side note to teachers: it's okay to cry (in your car, the bathroom, the bus, the privacy of your apartment etc.)
20. Don't drink unidentified green liquor. Just don't.
21. Look at you, living in your own apartment. Be proud of yourself. Also, dusting needs to happen way more than you thought it did, just FYI.
These are things the things I know to be true, because of what I’ve learned in my 21 years. What about you, what do you know to be true?
