1. Pay attention to your surroundings.
Although my twenty-five-year-old brother is guilty of sending this text, he is also guilty of forcing his girlfriend to enter in the Hamilton lottery every weekend since then. Perhaps he would have won if he paid attention a little more.
2. Don’t overstep your boundaries with celebrities. They are human beings.
Max, you spoke once. You’re not best friends.
3. Be nice to your sister, always.
If you’re like me and have a ten-year-old sister you may get stuck living forever with, chances are, you’ll want to maintain some type of friendship.
4. Always see two sides of everything. Stay open-minded!
Muffin or guinea pig? Perhaps both.
5. Stay creative, and imaginative. Always.
My younger sister’s response to my prom photos. At least she’s open-minded.
6. Live your life, free of lame-os.
I told my siblings I didn’t understand the boy who tattooed every swatch of Kylie Jenner’s lip kit on his arm.
7. Don’t trust everything you read online.
(Trader Joes isn’t closing) (We really like Trader Joes) (Love you Clea)
8. Always have something important to add to a conversation.
She charges her iPod about once a month to receive our hundreds of texts, and has never responded to any of anyone's questions.
9. Don’t always rely on your family members to support you, sometimes you have to be your own support system.
11. Listen to others.
There was a month where my father would consistently tell us the first one to watch Tom Sachs' Youtube video, “Ten Bullets” would be his favorite child. It was me.
12. Age does matter.
Don’t become more of a Team Edward fan than your daughter.
13. We are all popular and funny if we want to be.
It’s true.
14. Know your priorities.
Never got my songs.
15. Mario Kart is always relevant.
16. Stay informed.
Is he alive? I'm still wondering.
