VALUABLE LESSONS IN INDEPENDENCE

• moved out of my dad's place for the first time!
• paying my own bills, yo!

RELATIONSHIPS

• loved and lost (2 and 1/2 year relationship; learned that everything is survivable, so long as it doesn't kill you!)
• dated around a lot, and learned that not only am a pro at dating, and fearless; but that essentially i'm above all that already
• celibacy (i can do it and not feel weak in self-control)

LIFESTYLE

• started eating much healthier
• cut back on cigarettes dramatically (full-on quitting soon?)
• dropped hard drugs, cut back on partying, and matured into a nice, sophisticated young lady (almost) ;P

REAWAKENED MY SPIRITUAL PRACTICE

• learned new mantras and mudras
• expanded my chakra knowledge and practice
• turned my room into my sacred sanctuary
• daily yoga
• i breathe deeper and longer now

WORK

• kept a job for over a year and half (that's a first!), and hardly missed a day of work all despite chronic illnesses and a broken foot (sans health insurance) GO ME! i'm a trooper!
• found a new (better) job with much better pay!

PERSONAL

• learned that i am stronger than i realize
• learned the power and importance of intimacy, communication and compromise after my first really long relationship
• threw away much of what i own to learn to not be attached to my possessions (living more minimally now, but embracing the few, refined and sacred)
• learned to listen more (speech is silver, but silence is golden)
• learned that: WE ARE THE REALITY WE CREATE!

FRIENDSHIPS

• cut out a lot of toxic relationships
• drama-free; stress-free!