I already have my "foolish and crazy" list of things to do before graduating college but I think this one is nicer to accomplish. Hahaha. In less than 2 months kasi I'm turning 20 na, so I'm planning to make my life a better one by doing things like in the movies.
Let's start with.....
1. Make peace with your parents. Whether you finally recognize that they actually have your best interests in mind or you forgive them for being flawed human beings, you can’t happily enter adulthood with that familial brand of resentment.
** No, I don't have to because we are perfectly a-OK! Close kami. :") Nagku-kwento ako sa kanila. Nakakahingi ako ng opinion sa mga bagay-bagay. Nagku-kwento rin sila sakin. Cool parents ko pati grandparents. Masarap sa pakiramdam na nasasabi mo sa kanila yung mga bagay na trip mo. Kahit maraming side comments, masaya kasi nakikinig nila sa'yo. Hahaha!
2. Kiss someone you think is out of your league; kiss models and med students and entrepreneurs with part-time lives in Dubai and don’t worry about if they’re going to call you afterward.
**Oww, hahahaha! Di ko alam kung kaya ko. Pero mukhang masaya naman kasi YOLO. Sino kaya iki-kiss ko? Pero mukhang malabo talaga to eh. I don't drink alcohol so there's no chance to be crazily wasted.
3. Minimize your passivity.
**Maybe I should work on this one. I'm the type of person who doesn't like to argue with people. Waste of time lang kasi so to avoid non-sense things I just shut-up. (But my mind keeps on talking. Hahaha!) Pero kung di talaga ok yung sinasabi niya, I speak up but not that much.
4. Work a service job to gain some understanding of how tipping works, how to keep your cool around assholes, how a few kind words can change someone’s day.
**DONE! :") Nag-service crew ako sa McDonald's 20 days. The experience was FUN! I met co-workers and customers with yin-yang attitudes. Don't let your cool and patience level go down more than half! Hahaha. Yari ka kapag ganon. Sabon ka sa manager. XD
5. Recognize freedom as a 5:30 a.m. trip to the diner with a bunch of strangers you’ve just met.
** I do jogging kapag walang pasok. Saka na yang 5:30 am trip kapag nagta-trabaho na ko. Haha.
6. Try not to beat yourself up over having obtained a ‘useless’ Bachelor’s Degree. Debt is hell, and things didn’t pan out quite like you expected, but you did get to go to college, and having a degree isn’t the worst thing in the world to have. We will figure this mess out, I think, probably; the point is you’re not worth less just because there hasn’t been an immediate pay off for going to school. Be patient, work with what you have, and remember that a lot of us are in this together.
** Oo nga naman. Pero ako, I value education at hinding-hindi ko iisiping "useless". Maybe some of us we're destined to earn money even if they didn't go to college. Nasa tao naman kung pano niya gagamitin pinag-aralan niya.
7. If you’re employed in any capacity, open a savings account. You never know when you might be unemployed or in desperate need of getting away for a few days. Even $10 a week is $520 more a year than you would’ve had otherwise.
**Already have one in BPI! :")
8. Make a habit of going outside, enjoying the light, relearning your friends, forgetting the internet.
**Present! I go biking and walking when I want peace of mind.
9. Go on a 4-day, brunch-fueled bender.
**Aww! This I can't do! Strict ang lola ko. I should be awake before 9am! Seryoso!!! Sana lang magbago pa yung rule niya sa mga susunod na taon. HAHA.
10. Start a relationship with your crush by telling them that you want them. Directly. Like, look them in the face and say it to them. Say, I want you. I want to be with you.
** S H _ T! Nooooo! Hahaha. Kung joke time sa boy classmate/friend kaya pa. Pero kung sa crush ko talaga, hell NO!
11. Learn to say ‘no’ — to yourself. Don’t keep wearing high heels if you hate them; don’t keep smoking if you’re disgusted by the way you smell the morning after; stop wasting entire days on your couch if you’re going to complain about missing the sun.
** I should start telling myself, "No, you will not eat rice this vacation". Self-discipline period.
12. Take time to revisit the places that made you who you are: the apartment you grew up in, your middle school, your hometown. These places may or may not be here forever; you definitely won’t be.
** Pano? Di naman kami naalis ng Cavite. Haha. Siguro, pupuntahan ko na lang yung mga lugar na gusto ko. Yung maraming puno.
13. Find a hobby that makes being alone feel lovely and empowering and like something to look forward to.
** Biking and walking. Nare-relax talaga ko. Dami kong naiisip na magandang bagay. Day-dreaming ba.
14. Think you know yourself until you meet someone better than you.
** Alam ko naman na laging meron na "MAS" aangat sa'yo whether positive or negative trait. :)))
15. Forget who you are, what your priorities are, and how a person should be.
** Gusto ko to!!! Pupunta ako sa isang lugar na malabong may makakakilala sakin tapos i-YOLO na! :D
16. Identify your fears and instead of letting them dictate your every move, find and talk to people who have overcome them. Don’t settle for experiencing .000002% of what the world has to offer because you’re afraid of getting on a plane.
17. Make a habit of cleaning up and letting go. Just because it fit at one point doesn’t mean you need to keep it forever — whether ‘it’ is your favorite pair of pants or your ex.
**Masaya na ko ngayon dahil sa isang tao kaya I'm on the process of fully letting go of the first and the longest heart issue of mine. :")
18. Stop hating yourself.
** I hate myself occasionally lang. Haha.
19. Go out and watch that movie, read that book, listen to that band you already lied about watching, reading, listening to.
** I'm always doing this. <3
20. Take advantage of health insurance while you have it.
** Hahaha! Sige, uunahin ko sa school clinic namin.
21. Make a habit of telling people how you feel, whether it means writing a gushing fan-girl email to someone whose work you love or telling your boss why you deserve a raise.
**Checked! Hihi. Sa Soundcloud ko madalas gawin yan. <3
22. Date someone who says, “I love you” first.
** N O T E D.
23. Leave the country under the premise of “finding yourself.” This will be unsuccessful. Places do not change people. Instead, do a lot of solo drinking, read a lot of books, have sex in dirty hostels, and come home when you start to miss it.
** Places sometimes change as time goes by but memories do not. ;>
24. Suck it up and buy a Macbook Pro.
** Hahaha. Definitely!
25. Quit that job that’s making you miserable, end the relationship that makes you act like a lunatic, lose the friend whose sole purpose in life is making you feel like you’re perpetually on the verge of vomiting. You’re young, you’re resilient, there are other jobs and relationships and friends if you’re patient and open.”
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