i'm going to be 21 (damn) this summer and this is what i learn through the journey:

• not everyone likes you; there are things that you can control and things that fall beyond your control. if someone hates you, let them be.
• cloud is the hardest object to paint
• lavender-scented candle is both lively and lovely
• august by taylor swift
• some people don't want life satisfaction, sometimes all they want is accepting and embracing what life has to offer them and that's okay
• be a little less afraid helps (most of the time it does)
• the most important thing i learned in preschool psychology class is probably that children see this world in a completely different point of view from adults—find ways in which only they can imagine before you try to understand them
• everybody starts somewhere: run your own race
• i unconsciously keep counting my age as 18+x because i feel like my life has both started and ended at 18 (this year would be 18+3!)
• rejection doesn't define my self-worth
• it's okay if you're not yet sure where is life taking you
• sometimes i just need comfortable bedsheets and everything will be okay
• i've started wondering if maybe my fear of uncertainity and changes are like something that keeps me grounded

update: i was hoping i could finish this list but i didn't (that's okay we will always learn no matter what age we are)