Down the line, there will always be those moments in time where we catch ourselves looking back on the moments we've grown, changed and ultimately, failed.

From these moments, it's rather easy to look only at the downsides of where we are currently and where we initially started from. Having said that, here's a generic list of twenty-two things I hope to always look back on twenty-two years from now.

1. The feeling of happiness is fleeting.

This doesn't necessarily mean that every time we're happy a wave of unhappiness will immediately follow, no. What it means is that we can't completely bank on the moments that everything is going right because then, once a hardship sets itself in front of us, we won't know whether to go up or down from there.

2. Actions speak louder than words any day.

You can be the person who makes it a point to preach about the importance of quality ~girl time~ but if you're just talking the talk and not at all walking the walk, it'll become noticeable fairly quickly to those around you, clearer than you think.

3. Save whatever you can, whenever you can.

This was true when we first turned 22 and will still remain the truth 22 years down the line. I know it's extremely difficult to want to splurge on the newest pair of sneakers when we first see that direct deposit hit but trust me when you use that direct deposit to decrease that months rent and you see how much it's decreased, a great part of a burden will be lifted off of you.

4. Go to the gym if you want to...

5. Or don't.

It is obviously your choice whether or not to go to the gym and be a die-hard fan of it but all in all, how frequently one goes and how much time they want to devote on it is strictly their choice and theirs alone.

6. Life is sweeter when you have things to look forward to.

Take it from my friends and me, when there are plans to look to as an incentive, the things to look forward to becoming all the more worthwhile.

7. Less is more.

In makeup, quality friends, etc.

8. It's one of the best things to live with your best friends and this will only bring you closer together.

I know this firsthand.

9. Completely tuning out everything and everyone around you sometimes is okay.

I don't mean falling off the face of this Earth for years at a time but sometimes everything becomes too much to bear and you don't want any human contact whatsoever.

10. Learn to eat alone.

Now you don't necessarily have to do this but in my most humble opinion, being able to do this proved to myself that I can actually enjoy a meal for one without any second guesses or moments of hesitation.

11. Having a few constants in your life will make just about anything bearable.

Being able to lean on someone or someones during a particularly difficult time in our lives is both cherishable and something we'll hold close to our hearts.

12. Being selfless.

To do something for someone and genuinely not expecting anything in return is a sure fire sign of not having to have any "due backs" in life because it'll always be a humbling feeling of selflessness.

13. The more pictures, the merrier.

Take a picture because it'll last that much longer.

14. Just because this is twenty-two years down the line doesn't mean you won't have another handful of twenty-two years to come.

15. People can and will change.

It takes a different amount of time for different people but regardless of that, it all happens for the better.

16. Meeting new people every day means having to decide who's completely full of sh*t...

and who's not.For every person out there who sucks, there's a good ten to twenty who completely rock.

17. Feeling terrible about yourself, about a situation or anything else in your life is not a permanent feeling.

It's all fleeting and what was once a bad day will become a bad memory.

18. Regardless of a good or bad day, you're solely responsible for how you choose to feel.

You are in charge of choosing to change the entire mood of what you're feeling and choosing whether or not to let it get to you.

19. Making mistakes and lapses in judgement are all parts of life.

If at the hot age of forty-four we're not still making mistakes and errors in judgement, consider us dehumanized.

20. It's hard to explain and feels like such a cliche to say but if something didn't work out the first time, it's because you took a hard chance at it and it mattered enough to try at it in the first place.

21. Good things take time.

Just like things took time for that one relationship to get up and running and similar to how it took time to form that strong bond between your best girlfriends, the most important things in life take time.

22. Everything will be okay.

You were fine then and you will most definitely be fine now.