Life Advice

• Never walk into a shallow end of a pool, you just have to jump.
• How people treat wait staff says a lot about them.
• If you have to force it, then don't. Relationships, friendships, ponytails...
• Wear sunscreen, and don't think you can get away without it. 
• When you ask how someone is doing, really want to know.
• Wake up as early as possible and go to bed as late as possible.
• Always think before you speak.
• Its better to be alone than to be lonely in a group of people.
• Put on fuzzy socks and slide through the house like you did when you were younger.
• Understanding is a lot harder than just judging.
• Build forts at sleepovers.
• Buy lots of presents, for birthdays and for no reason.
• It's easy to hate, but it takes strength to be kind.
• Take photos of everything. 
• "Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times" - Patrick Rothfuss
• Always tip.
• Read lots of books, all kinds, and read them again and again.
• Get at least 1 hug a day.
• When you're home alone, blast your music and have a dance party in your room.
• Always have a water bottle in your car.
• Your life becomes less complicated the less you care about what other people think.
• Order something different at the restaurant you've been to 3 times.
• Always choose not dying from lack of sleep over getting a C on a test.
• You never have to apologize or come up with an excuse for how you feel. 
• Write down the jokes that make you laugh the hardest, you will want to remember them later.
• Write down everything you want to remember.
• "What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are." - C.S. Lewis