You can change situations but you can’t change people 2. Your gut feeling is there for a reason; listen to it and trust yourself, know yourself, impress yourself 3. Know who your true friends are. Most people are just using you, curious about you or want something from you. true friends aren't perfect but they genuinely care about you, make you want to be a better person, and support you; really that’s all you can ask for 4. It’s amazing what talking to people can do; take a chance 5. Taylor Swift songs will never not be relevant to your situation 6. At the end of the day, the only people truly there for you are your family 7. Stop being so ******* yourself. Remember that you see everyone else’s highlights and only your own behind the scenes; imperfection is beauty anyways 8. Don’t let any other people’s opinions influence your own; be your own person and make your own choices about anything and everything 9. Relationships aren’t everything; focus on loving yourself before you decide to invest in someone else 10. Your own mental health and physical well being come before everything else. Period. 11. Assignments are temporary and memories last forever but people don’t so always make time for the people you love 12. Know what you deserve and don’t settle for less in all aspects of life 13. You can’t please everyone so stop trying and focus on yourself because that’s the only person you are truly with 24/7 14. It’s okay to say no and it’s okay to put yourself first sometimes and it’s okay to remove negative people from your life 15. The right choices are never the easy choices and lessons are never learned the easy way 16. The hardest realization to come to is the realization that someone doesn’t care for you the way you care for them