Things i wish i would have known.

1. Being honest in important, telling the kind truth is the best way. You'll never regret being gentle and kind to people, but there is a good chance if you take the opportunity to jab someone, to make them feel hurt, justified or not, you'll eventually feel like an asshole.

2. Make good choices.  Yeah, that means like good healthy choices like not drinking so much, no smoking or kissing random boys you don't know....but it also means that sometimes you need to stay in bed and watch netflix, or it means that you need to run around your favorite places to feel good about life or sit in a bookstore and feel not so alone.  Sometimes the best choice is exactly what you need to do to take care of yourself.

3. Say yes to things that will push you out of comfort zone.

4. Say yes to the people you love.

5. Boundaries: They're not the worst.

6. Spend some time figuring out the parts of you you like a lot. It'll come in handy on the days where you hate everything about yourself, or so it would seem.

7. Nothing is really forever. Except maybe marriage.

8. There are some boys who are totally worth it. Some you'll realize too late. Others, are not quite what you except but are definitiely worth the investigation.

9. The songs that remind you of sweet things like people you love or your first kiss....hang on to those. it's important.

10. The things you think are important in your 20's will not matter nearly as much in your 30's.

11. Best friends don't really last and that's actually really okay.

12.  It's really nice to have someone who has your back. They will yelled at people outside for you.  Just be gentle with the person who's getting yelled at. They aren't so lucky.

13. I feel like i'm transitioning our of the my transition time. I can actually feel it. It think its important and I want to remember how it feels.

14. School is hard. Kids are crazy. But its the only thing you really know  how to do, so don't give-up on it.

15. You parents are jacked, but they're also amazing. love them well.