1. Don’t lose ID
2. Drink lots of water. It makes you feel better about yourself. Buy a nice water bottle to encourage this.
3. You’re only a dorky freshman if you act like one.
4. Make your bed and do laundry. It will make you feel better about your living space.
5. Celebrate the little victories.
6. I mean really celebrate, like get cake or something
7. Take naps, but don’t miss out on quality time
8. You do not have to be friends with people you don’t like. Seriously. Surround yourself with uplifting people who make you happy.
9. Go home and appreciate your mother
10. Text your family at least on a weekly basis so they know how you are
11. Life gets hard. Surround yourself with people who make it easier, not more complicated.
12. Do not look for happiness in the same place you lost it.
13. You cannot give someone your whole heart if you are using pieces of it to hate someone else.
14. You can never love enough for two people. You’re not supposed to.
15. The show must go on. Everything always goes wrong, and that’s okay. Learn to deal with it, dust yourself off, and keep going
16. Don’t check up on people who have decided you’re no longer a part of their life.