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You're Only Young Once

We only have one chance to be young and fun!

Hailie Dion
Mar 21, 2017
Rhode Island College
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We have this one life, which means we only have a short amount of time to be young and have fun and get away with it all! Thus, it's time to turn off the phones and sign off Instagram. It's the time to put the phones away and step away from the laptops and televisions. It's time to start enjoying this life while you're young and can appreciate all the beauty this world and life has to offer! It's time to slow down and live.

Go on an adventure, sing your favorite song in the car so loud that the people at the next intersection can hear you. Date who you want to date, be friends with who you want to be friends with. Surround yourself with people you want to surround yourself with. Because without realizing it, the happiness and beauty of your life reflects through the people you surround yourself with, so make sure they make you just as happy.

Lay and look at the stars all night with your favorite person. Be spontaneous, be random... be present. Watch movies and binge eat your favorite snacks, it all won't matter in the morning. Don't stress about your weight or how you look.Eat that ice-cream or wear that shirt two days in a row... work it all and your confidence will shine.

Be with people you love. Stay in all weekend for some deserved alone time. Travel and visit your favorite places. And create memories with your favorite people and find new places. Explore and discover. Learn to entertain yourself and see the beauty behind all the hate and ugly in the world.

Take photos, make memories. And most importantly... do whatever makes you happy. You're only young once, and it would definitely be a shame to live the rest of your life with regrets. The key to enjoy this life, is to just do it. Don't regret the chances you didn't take and not doing something when you had the chance to. This life will have way more beauty and be so much more wonderful with you taking it by the reigns and using it to its fullest potentials.

Just live, and the rest will fall into place. You're only young once, that's one chance to live it up; don't miss out by worrying and stressing it all away.

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