Since the beginning of high school I realized I was different. Everyone wanted to date a bunch of people and fool around while I was more apt to date a few people throughout my high school career and make lengthy amounts of time count. Parties on Friday nights seemed to be all everyone would talk about, but nine times out of ten you'd find me laying in bed reading a book or watching my newest Netflix addiction. While my technological addictions prove that I am definitely a millennial, I have found that there's a difference between growing up as a modern day millennial and an old soul who found herself lost in the midst of this generation.

Manners take precedent over everything.

I don't really care if the sweater your grandma got you for Christmas looks like Santa threw up on it. Nor do I care if it was "unnecessary" for that guy to hold the door open for you. Regardless of your real feelings, you better put on a smile and say a simple "thank you." And for the love of God, if you're going to ask someone to do something for you, throwing "please" at the end of your request won't kill you.

I've never understood hookups.

Call me crazy, but I find no worth in meeting a random guy at a bar and taking him home for the night only to bid adieu the next morning. I'd much rather meet someone and get to know them before allowing them to sleep in my bed. Sure, the whole hookup thing worked out for Meredith Grey, but how likely is that to happen?

Chivalry just can't be dead.

I am 100 percent that girl who will not accept anything less than what she believes she deserves. The little things make the big things in every situation one can think of. Car doors being opened is still a thing. Offering to pay for a meal is still a thing. Just because it's 2017 doesn't mean guys are expected to be assholes.

I will not let anyone or anything define me.

At the end of the day and through all my experiences, I am who I am. I would never let an object or person take that from me because I know that I am worth more.