23 lessons

So I turned 23 last week and I wanted to give 23 lessons I have learnt during my lifetime (that I wouldn’t dare to consider wisdom, but simple enunciates that for me are true)

1-      Don’t mind eating alone in public

2-      Be close to your family and show them how much they mean to you

3-      Enjoy life’s natural pleasures:  silence, rain, being part of a crowd

4-      Eat whatever you want if you truly feel like it (it’s worse to deprive the craving)

5-      Be glad for the true friends you have, share both laughs and tears with them

6-       Immerse in new and frightening activities

7-      Don’t think about the mistakes you made in the past, they’ve shaped you

8-      Do not take anything for granted, question everything

9-      Be confident even if you’re not (people don’t know that you don’t know)

10-   Only God is more important than anything else

11-   Be true to yourself, do and act as you like (within what’s ethic)

12-   Don’t let your tongue speak for itself: filter your words and choose them carefully

13-   Bad words don’t hurt as much as truth does, be sincere within reason and context

14-   Don’t overjudge others, you don’t know anything about them

15-   Treat yourself once in a while, go to a spa and have some “me time”

16-   Go to therapy, it helps even if you think you don’t need it because you’re not “crazy”

17-   It’s better to be overdressed than underdressed

18-   Don’t follow trends, follow and trust your style

19-   Talk to your grandparents and write down their amazing stories

20-   Write yourself a very detailed letter every month (like the old days)

21-   Save money and spend it on anything that makes you happy

22-   Be grateful with others, they value a honest “thank you”

23-   Don’t expect anything from anybody, don’t let high expectations bring you down