18 Things I’ve Learned in Almost 19 Years

…learnt by yours truly. In no particular order. And 29.5 because who knows if they will be alive at 30. 1. People will think what they want to think. You can explain your point of view until you are blue in the face and they will even nod and “hmm” and “aah” but if they […]

via 30 lessons in 29.5 years — Perhaps yes, perhaps no. Exactly? I don’t know.

Giving credit where credit is due – I read this and couldn’t help but to spread my life lessens as well. Bless this girl and her blog, so glad I stumbled upon it! I wish someone had told me this the day I was born

1. You aren’t going to talk to those people after high school. IT’S THE TRUTH. Start listening to the people who tell you this!
2. It’s okay to not be on fleek everyday. Feel like sleeping in? Do it. Don’t have time to do your makeup? FUCK IT. Looking pretty is nice, but it’s not everything. People will not shun you because you didn’t wing your eyes and contour your cheek bones.
3. Stop worrying what everyone thinks about everything you do. You’re only on this Earth for so long. Why is Eric so important that he’s stopping you from living your life? DO YOU.
4. Don’t do something just because everyone else is doing it. Peer pressure is real, and if you’re not comfortable with something, you don’t have to do it. Your friends aren’t going to hate you because of it, and if they do, you’re better than that and need different friends. Some day you’re going to look back and realize that.
5. It’s okay to make mistakes, you’ll learn a lot from your dumb mistakes that you think you’ll never live down. And you’ll have funny stories to look back on. But don’t go overboard, “its okay to make mistakes” is not an excuse to continuously and purposely fuck up. Not okay
6. You’re going to lose friends. It’s okay. You’ll make new ones. You’ll reconnect with old ones. As you grow older, you’ll grow apart and meet new people and grow up.
7. You’re never as quiet as you think you are when you’re drunkenly stumbling in at 3am. I always suspected this but my suspicions were recently confirmed when my stepmom did a reenactment of me trying to get to bedroom- on numerous occasions when I’d woken her up. There were also times I stumbled right past her and didn’t even notice. #alcohol
8. Even though it feels like it’s not, it’s okay to not have your life figured out at 18. Or 20. Or 25. It comes with time and patience and learning. It’s scary and stressful and you’re still going to worry about it.
9. Dry shampoo is a life saver. SKIP THE SHOWER. USE THE DRY SHAMPOO. Sleep in for 20 minutes. Do your homework. Take your dog on a damn walk, visit your grandma. Life is too short to shower everyday. Go dance in the fucking rain and then dry shampoo that shit.
10. Write down 3 things you’re thankful for everyday. It puts things in perspective, especially when you’re down and feel as if you have nothing to be thankful for. Just 3 things every single day. Do you have a roof over your head? That’s something to be thankful for. Did you have a meal today? Do you still have data on your phone?
11. Retail therapy is real thing. Feeling really down? Head to VS. Hit up the 7 for $27. Go to TJ Maxx and spend too much money and look hot as fuck for the next week. Buy a new eyeshadow palette and some mascara and take a bomb ass selfie. Buy something for your house. Buy a candle. Just buy something. Buy lots of things.
12. Spring cleaning is also therapy. Clean out your closet, go through your clothes, get rid of things, sell things. Making money is fun. Finding old things is fun. You’ll have room for new things, it’ll look better, and it’s so refreshing to have everything organized.
13. Trust your instincts. You think Bobby is just using you for sex? He probably is. Have a feeling Sally is sleeping with your boyfriend? She probably is. Trust your gut. It’s usually right. If you think you’re going to regret something, you probably will.
14. Try new things. It makes life more enjoyable. There’s so many things to do in this world and try them all, you’re bound to find something you love. You can learn how to do anything on the internet. Find a hobby. Blogging. Planting. Photography. Makeup. Fitness. Get cool pets. Find you something you love. 
15. Your happiness is important, but if doing something to make yourself happy is going to cause major problems, it’s not worth it. Example: Sleeping with your best friend’s hot ex is going to make you happy. Not worth it. Don’t put your happiness in front of hers. I know this from personal experience. Do. Not. Do. It.
16. If they wanna be in your life, they will be in it. That may be the number one, most important thing I’ve learned thus far.
17. Less is more! The less you mess up, the more accepting people are when you do. For instance, if you’ve never missed work in 3 years and one night you get too trashed to make it in by 3am…or even call in for yourself… Your boss will be mad but she’ll probably forgive you. This might’ve been me last night. This is just one of a thousand examples of this. Less is for sure more, almost every time. No matter what.
18. There are some things in life you just can’t change. And you have to face that and move on.

100 to 0

I started this to make me feel better. Now I have nothing to say. And I have nothing to feel. Boyfriend barely talks to me. Not Boyfriend barely talks to me. 100 to 0 reeaaal fuckin quick.

I get in moods like these and want something new to spice up my life. I want to go out and buy new furniture or new makeup or new clothes and somehow I think a different bedspread and a fresh Tarte palette is going to miraculously change my life! Surprise! It doesn’t! It changes my bank account. That’s it. Last time I got in this mood, I bought a new car. Then I went on a cruise. Then I came back from the cruise to a new car and developed post-cruise depression. Now, thanks to HGTV, I feel the need to buy a house and flip it. That’s the kind of change my life needs. I at least need to start with my bedroom. I need some inspo. I need some blogs. Someone help.

I’ve got this old timey turquoise theme going on right now. I need new bedding, STAT. I’ve needed new sheets for a while, but my last menstrual cycle really confirmed that for me. Hello, brown stains! Now my issue is, running up a tab and money. And I’m picky. And then somehow buying a new bedspread leads to me questioning my whole life like what the fuck am I going to do after I buy it?? Go to college?? For what? What am I gonna be when I “grow up”?? Will I ever “grow up”?? IS THERE SUCH A THING! Then that leads to me taking career quiz upon career quiz online. Never happy with the results.

Question: TO ALL MY REALTORS OUT THERE. What’s that like? Do you like?

Ugh.

this is how my life is going

I didn’t post for a couple days because I didn’t have anything exciting to say. Not that anything I say is exciting but… yeah you know what I mean. Nothing so worthwhile that I felt the need to write about it. Until now. On a Monday night. After the Sunday where I slept with boyfriend and not boyfriend in the same day.

and it was fucking great. That’s all I have to say. I might be addicted to sex. Feigning for it. No fucking joke. I started on my period today to ruin the fun.

if someone wants to be in your life, they will make an effort to be in it

so I lied earlier, I didn’t go netflix and chill alone. Instead I did something semi proactive in an effort to lift my spirits. I took my dog on a walk/run… aka, I took his leash and drug him home from the  neighbor’s house, who let him inside and now he won’t stop going over there. I love productivity!

But… I did stay true to one word. I worried about why my not boyfriend wasn’t texting me back. While I wasn’t texting my boyfriend back. Then I felt bad about myself and my life and I made plans to hangout with my boyfriend that lives 2 hours away this weekend then I went back to not replying. Because I am a fucking awful human being. As I was logging on here, my phone buzzed and my heart got excited and thought it was possibly my Not Boyfriend. No!! It wasn’t!! Karma’s a bitch!! Instead, it was a noto (noto? did i just pull that from my ass? in my language that is short for notification???) that a bunch of people liked a tweet. So I checked it out and woah, it was relevant to my life. So I titled this post that, because it was so damn fitting.

“If someone wants to be in your life, they will make an effort to be in it.” Boyfriend is making an effort to be in my life. Not Boyfriend is not making much of an effort at this time. But, how do I stop thinking about our crazy awesome sex? The way he pulls my hair? How he keeps his eyes open sometimes and stares into mine? The fact that he has a couple inches on Boyfriend??? Sex is not the most important thing in a relationship, that’s true. But gosh dang, it’s important. Ugh. My heart hurts. I probably deserve this. No one even needs to tell me. I need a shower. In holy water