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23 things I learned by 23


  1. Someone else's talent doesn’t diminish my own.
  2. There is such a thing as working too hard.
  3. Success doesn’t always come packaged the way they sold it to me at school.
  4. Truly not caring what other people think about me lifted a weight off my shoulders.
  5. It’s ok to dislike someone for apparently no reason. Some people don’t click. 
  6. It’s ok for someone to dislike me for apparently no reason.
  7. Disliking someone doesn’t mean you should treat them badly.
  8. Singing (no matter how badly) is good for the soul.
  9. If you leave tiny worries in your head too long your brain WILL catastrophize and it will get out of hand. Just spit it out! Someone can help you.
  10. If you put kindness out into the world it will come back to you.
  11. The phrase ‘you always think your right’ is stupid. Of course I think I’m right. If I didn’t I wouldn’t be saying it! But I’m always happy to be proven wrong. 
  12. Failure is a temporary state. 
  13. If you’re an adult who doesn’t like hot drinks people get suspicious. 
  14. If what someone is doing doesn’t hurt me or anyone else why waste brain power having an opinion?
  15. Disney songs will always make me happy (I’m listening to a Disney playlist as I write this).
  16. It’s ok to be passionate about something even if other people don’t get it.
  17. Insecure people will try and put you down to build themselves up. Learn to recognise that and feel sorry for them. 
  18. I can’t know someone’s story from a one off negative interaction nor a one off positive one. Give people the benefit of the doubt.
  19. No matter how badly I want them to people don’t fit into the boxes of fundamentally good and fundamentally bad. Most people are somewhere in between. They fit into a Venn diagram ok though.  
  20. People who say they just like to tell things straight are usually using that as an excuse to be rude and insensitive.
  21.  I don’t have to be good at something to enjoy doing it.
  22. Ultimately the only person I need to prove myself to is me.
  23. The world is amazing if you give it the chance to be.
So there you have 23 things I’ve learned by 23. Now I know all these things the challenge is to apply them to real life and that is a really hard thing to do.

 If you want me to elaborate on any of these let me know because they are all really just the tip of the iceberg!

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  1. Unknown29 April 2018 at 17:28

    Thanks for sharing. Found your blog through goodreads

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      Hi! Thanks for coming over and having a look. Much appreciated.

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