The world needs so much more than ladder climbers and moneymakers.
The good, the bad, the downright awful.
And sometimes you could have done with those lessons just a bit sooner.
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But regardless of when you learn them, they are your lessons for life.
1.Things will get dark sometimes.
However much you believe they wont, they will someday.
Just know you will.
2.Life will find ways of showing you who your friends are.
And when it does, take action.
3.Work will always be just work.
Dont think your only use in life is your career aspirations.
The world needs so much more than ladder climbers and moneymakers.
Youll learn that people are going through more than they let on.
Look for the clues, often hidden, and attempt to understand.
And if you cant understand, just be there.
There are too many people in the world always thinking about Number 1.
You dont need to be another.
5.Leave love until last.
Itll hurt because youre a hopeless romantic and everyone will seem to get their happy endings before you.
Youll probably have many crushes too.
The trick is to sort the crushes from the potentials.
5.1.Youll meet a few potentials in your life.
Theyll soon be saying it to someone else instead.
5.2.Sometimes youll think youve found the one.
Even first glances can make you feel that way.
Again… Dont get tempted by a nice face and rose-tinted daydreams.
This is when the waiting game ensues and time will tell you a lot.
5.3.Love isnt overrated and deep down you know that.
So wait for the real deal.
Wait until it hurts to sleep alone for the 365th time.
Itll be worth it when you know youve got it right.
6.Leave cynicism for the news channels.
you’re free to know your way around the world and its problems without becoming one of them.
Love will always be stronger than hate, even if it doesnt shout quite as loud about it.
7.Find your peace and find it as often as it’s possible for you to.
The way the leaves fall in Autumn.
Films that make you cry.
Comedy that makes you laugh.
Road Trips you planned, and the adventures you didnt plan.
8.New Years Day will be full of people making your resolutions seems cliche and small.
But a fresh start is exactly that, whenever you decide to do it.
And a new year is as good a time as any.
9.1.Music will do this too.
Find songs that say what you cant.
Share them, play them loud and be front row at the concert.
But keep some for yourself too.
For 1 AM in your bedroom, or for your first dance someday.
10.Dont always feel you have to make plans.
Plans have their expiry dates and so do you.
