Things you learn before you turn 20.
1) It’s not always going to be people leaving you, sometimes it will be you leaving them. And that’s okay, it might not feel right at the moment, but you’ll realize you did the right thing later.
2) Love doesn’t hurt, loving does. Love is a feeling, as you must have heard, but loving is the continuous effort of making someone know you love them, and that is painful at times, but not always. Remember that.
3) You do hurt the ones you love. No matter how hard you try, but you will let them down and you will cause them pain. But that doesn’t mean you don’t love them, it just means you are a human and you can’t do everything perfectly all the time.
4) You change and you don’t really remember who you were before. Even when people tell you that you weren’t like this before, you won’t know what they are referring to and that’s okay. Change isn’t that bad afterall, it just means that you reacted to a situation in your life.
5) Sleeping and waking up early actually feels nice. It feels good to wake up around 7:00, have a cup of tea/coffee and listen to the birds chirping. It does calm you and gives you a longer day to cherish.
6) You do feel exhausted for no apparent reason. Yes, it’s totally okay if you feel like cutting everyone out for some days. It does no harm, neither to you nor to your relationships. And when you come back, you feel better than ever. So take break not only from your work, but also from people.
7) Your likes and dislikes change. What you liked sometime back you don’t anymore and what you hated is what you like now, and this is totally fine. It’s a sign that you are growing.
8) Keep as many motivational lines/quotes you can find, and paste them on the walls of your room. It feels good when you look at them and gives you strength to face your life no matter how it is.
9) Once in a while, redecorate your room, change how you place things on your study table, add new things on the walls. This change always brings happiness and rejuvenation.
10) Tell those you love what they mean to you. No matter how bad you are at it, but do it whenever you feel like. Sometimes we all are in a rush and forget to show how much the close ones mean to us. Wait for a second and drop a text telling them thank you and how much you love them, it will make them happy and you too.
-Priyanshi Mehra
