25
five years ago i thought i knew everything. if you would have asked, i would have told you that i had it all figured out. and, i would have believed myself.
the older i’ve gotten the more i’ve realize how little i actually know. i’ve realized how different everyone is and how people “grow up” so differently. when i was younger, i had such a concrete set of thoughts and beliefs. if someone older and wiser would have told me that i was being ignorant or naive, i would thought that what i knew, at the time, was so right that they didn’t know what they were talking about. it’s only now that i look back at myself five years ago and realize how ignorant and naive i was.
when i was 20 years old, i was amazed how much people changed from 15 to 20. but knowing that i had it all figured out, i didn’t think i’d change from 20 to 25 at all. the truth is, i’ve probably changed more from 20 to 25 than i did from 10 to 20. although i am currently content with how i think and how i feel and what i believe, i know that i’m only 25 and i don’t know everything.
with that said, here’s a list of things i’ve learned and think are important in my 25 years on this earth:
1. love.
2. all you really need are only the things you really need.
3. biggie was half right. mo’ money mo’ problems is only applicable when people know you have it and/or you’re spending it like an idiot. if you have a million dollars in the bank, no one knows about it, and you’re still paying 500 dollars rent, you won’t have any problems.
4. breakfast may not be the most important meal of the day.
5. don’t trust anyone. but, hold on to the people you can trust.
6. don’t care what other people think of you. i still have trouble with that one, but i know it’s important.
7. music is way more important than people give it credit for.
8. music and math are the only 2 things that are universal, it probably wouldn’t hurt to get better at either one.
9. time for yourself is sometimes the most important time.
10. whenever you can, travel.
11. everything in moderation. so important.
12. a day without laughter is a day wasted.
14. most elevators don’t have a button for 13. there was a joke here, somewhere.
15. buy a good bed. you spend one third of your life sleeping, spend the money. people will spend tens of thousands of dollars on a car and for some reason have trouble spending money on a bed. chances are, you probably spend three times the amount of time in your bed than in your car. trust me, it’s worth it. your body will thank you.
16. do what you love to do, as much as you can. you only have so much time.
17. God gave you life. be thankful. the rest is just circumstance, which He should never be blamed for.
