12 things I learnt during 12 years of school:
1. Do, what you want to do, even if you are afraid that you’ll fail to do it. Or if you are afraid of what other people might say. Believe me, nothing will matter after some time except the fact that despite all obstacles, with shaking voice and sweating palms you’ve done the thing.
2. Learn to like your own company. Don’t be with people just for sake of being with people or for not looking like a loser. Learn do be comfortable with yourself and you’ll never going to feel alone.
3. Buy a water bottle. Whenever you sit down, always take it out, even if you don’t feel thirsty. You’ll drink more water, when you’ll constantly see the bottle in front of your eyes. Nothing give you as much energy as being hydrated.
4. Always carry with yourself: a water bottle, some wet wipes, a mini first aid kit (containing some medical plasters, cotton buds, medicine, etc.), some makeup (if you use it), USB flash drive (or a memory card), earphones, a phone, a phone charger, a wallet.
5. FAIL, FAIL and FAIL once more. Especially, if you’re in earlier years, when grades don’t matter that much. Want it or not, sometime in your life you are going to fail and if you haven’t failed before you won’t realise that failure is not such a bad thing and that you can (and will) recover from it.
6. Do things anyway. Feel anxious? Think that you are not capable of doing something? Do it anyway. Because unknown always seems a lot more dangerous and scary than it really is. Believe me on this one. You will realise how much chances you’ve lost because of your fear when it’ll be too late to change something. Nothing is as scary as it seems.
7. Try as much new and different things as possible. Enroll into the guitar or the piano lessons. Learn a new language. Learn to code. Go to art classes. Learn to use Photoshop or another program. Try as much online courses as possible… You can always quit things, if you don’t like them, anyway.
8. Don’t do things that you really really do not like. Even if they might be beneficial to yourself in the future. For instance, if you hate some language, don’t study it. Even if knowing that language will help you to find a job easier in the future. Same goes for most school subjects. One way or another you’ll figure things out. Life is too short to waste it on doing thing you don’t like.
9. Explore the world. Travel. Can’t travel? Watch documentaries about different parts of Earth. Find a penpal from another country or just start a chat with someone on tumblr. This way, you’ll learn so much more than it is taught in schools.
10. School can be and is hard. A lot of times it can make you forget things that truly matter to you in order to fit in. For this, buy a small notebook and in it write all your goals, beliefs, things you want to achieve, etc. Take it everywhere with yourself. Read it every time you’re in doubt or unsure of yourself…
11. Try to make friends with everyone, despite their “social status”. But don’t put up with toxic people. Don’t please others, even if that means standing alone. All the time try to be yourself.
12. Dream big, think hard, engage deeply. Reach beyond your limits. Read philosophy, learn astronomy, quantum physics. Look at the stars every night. Ask yourself hard questions: what’s the meaning of life, why we’re here, are we alone in the universe, etc?.. Even if you won’t get answers. What matters the most, is the questions you ask. Don’t just try to get through this time of your life. Take everything you can. It may be like hell, but remember it’s a ladder to a better future, too. And you deserve all the best. So, stay strong. Grow big. Be yourself. Experience everything.
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