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Small Things to be Said About Life and Living, as seen by a 22-year-old


To be blunt: life sucks.  It just does, and there is no other way around it.  Now, that being said, you really do need to appreciate the smaller things in life.  It helps the stupid things seem smaller.

Embrace your guilty pleasures! I love PSL (Pumpkin Spice Latte) season, my colored pens, and wondering which cardigan to wear. I even post pictures of these things on Instagram! I could care less what people think.

Spontaneity is a thing.  You should do it more often.  You never know when it will produce something you didn't know you needed.

Gratitude and Love.  They are the things that make life ... well ... life.  Practice them, even if it all sucks.

Traffic is the perfect time to listen and sing along to music without caring about who else is listening. Think of the car ride as a concert staring you, and it will always be awesome.

Age is superfluous - unless you are doing something adult in nature, in which case it is very important - friends are friends, and good times need to be taken when presented.  (A good friend of mine is old enough to be my father, but neither of us have given it a second thought.  We're friends!, so why would we care?)

Always check the milks expiration date.

Other things to always check (on a regular basis) should include your mail box, your email, your text messages, and the due dates on your bills.

The only fight that should ever come up in the bedroom between you and your S.O. is over blankets, and even then you should be able to laugh about it.

One thing about being in a committed relationship that is stressful is figuring out who's family to spend holidays with. Like, how do you split the time up? I don't get it.  Do you spend Thanksgiving with one and Christmas with the other?  Do you switch off years?  Do you spend mornings and evenings with different people but all on the same day?  How is this done...

Sometimes thinking like a child is alright.  They always thought that the world holds every answer they needed.  Let's keep looking for those answers.

Robin William quotes are things to be taken in slowly and thought on over a good cup of tea.  Never rush it along, then you'll miss the point.

"Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional." - Walt Disney

Never grow up.

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