You are not 21, college did not grant you 3 more years of life. Please be careful, this is my body too. 2. If you have come across beautiful minds to explore, don't be so quick to build a home yet. Start with a tent. And if they help you pitch it, things will be less likely to unravel. 3. On the first day, pack up your tent just in case. Because you are never the only being in a forest. 4. Don't bring a map, build one. Ask to explore the mountains and valleys and hills of them. Tell them it's for your geography project. 5. Don't really have a geography project. 6. When you come across a river, there will be no bridge. Others who have traveled here have probably turned back. Shock them, and swim. 7. People may try to stop you, but remember they may be the ones who don't know how to continue. Not everyone you meet is a blessing. 8. Not everyone you lose is a loss. 9. Listen to your mom, she's been through this before. Even though you are characteristically different, college is always the same. 10. If you find yourself missing someone who doesn't miss you, remind yourself that that is not love, that's co-dependence. 11. The difference between love and co-dependence is that one of them will burn you. 12. Love will never start the fire. 13. You don't need to be an architect to build your walls around you. Some people will tell you that you need blue prints but my father never once looked at directions and he created your home. 14. Don't bring the problems of your home with you. Nobody wants to see those shackles. Find the key, unlatch yourself, and run. 15. I know you are tired, but this is the way. 16. Keep your room clean. The clothes on your floor hold on to stress. If you keep everything in order, life will stay intact. 17. Know when to speak. Sometimes words are not as necessary as actions. 18. Step in love with yourself because if you fall, that means you have to find strength to get back up. Always keep yourself upright. 19. You are a universe in yourself, a crowded nebula of light. It's okay to get lost in yourself, because you will be immersed in the stars.