1. Being true to yourself and with yourself is very freeing.
2. You need to make decisions for you, based on what you want and what will make you happy. You can't rely on others to tell you what will make you happy. Only you can decide.
3. Life will usually get harder before it gets easier. Better to just ride the wave than fight it and get caught in the undercurrent.
4. You don't have to follow anyone else's path or direction in life. It is completely okay to make your own and do things a different way.
5. If you have the ability to help someone, then you should help them. It will do the both of you good.
6. You can literally never have too many socks. Never.
7. If you have to make an important decision, sleep on it.
8. Sunrises are absolutely magical.
9. You really can make it through any day, as long as you just keep breathing.
10. Not everything you get worked up about is worth getting worked up about. Try to see things from more than one perspective. As many as possible, actually.
11. Say you're sorry if you should apologize. Just do it.
12. Listen to your gut. It rarely leads you astray.
13. You absolutely can't please everyone, no matter what you do and how hard you try. It's just not possible.
14. Keeping a damn goldfish alive is way harder than it should be.
15. Bravery comes in many different forms. Sometimes it's in moving half way across the world, sometimes it's in deciding to take one more breath. All of it is important.
16. It is okay to let yourself acknowledge and feel negative feelings.
17. Then you should probably talk to someone about said feelings. That's okay, too.
18. A good ride on my favorite horse can make just about any day better.
19. The world doesn't hold back its punches for anyone, but that does not mean it can't still be a good place.
20. Books are the cheapest way to travel. I could not live without them.
21. The tiniest act of kindness truly can go such a long way.
22. X equals negative b plus or minus the square root of b squared minus 4ac over 2a. I'll be damned if I'll ever need to know this equation again, but there it is. In my brain forever.
23. A broken heart is not a fatal condition. Sometimes it may feel like it is, but eventually the pain - or maybe, the impact of the pain - will lessen. These things take time.
24. Keeping a pet frog in a cereal box in your room for a week is just a bad idea. RIP Sophie.
25. In the end, love wins.
