emotional

• people who are afraid to ask for what they want, will not get what they want
• cursing out loud is acceptable - using the word 'fuck' does not say anything about your intelligence, your character or your upbringing
• do not - at any time - let your guard down, because that always spells trouble
• attitude and personality are different things - personality is who you are, attitude depends on who you are with
• cry if you need to - crying is not a sign of weakness
• do not be impulsive with important decisions - give yourself space to think and time to decide
• never let your low self-esteem get the better of you
• do not overthink
• there's nothing wrong with playing hard to get
• we all love bad boys, but you know they are never going to change - there is simply no exception to this rule
• when you start panicking, focus on the issue one step at a time
• what to do when you make a mistake

intellectual

• sometimes there is no acceptable answer, but you just have to accept it
• it's okay not to know things, but it's not okay not wanting to know things
• losing an argument - even if you're right - is okay sometimes
• never let my parents influence my thinking - "I decided that as much as I love my mum, her reality and mine did not need to be the same."

social

• listen, listen, and listen; then speak
• if you don't know, ask
• secrets are meant to be kept
• be patient
• drop the sarcasm
• if you don't know whether to be rude or polite, be polite
• stay classy - never stoop to someone else's level
• just because someone doesn’t love you the way you want them to doesn’t mean that they don’t love you with all they have

physical

• health matters more than anything
• sleep is as important as health - sleep is health
• eat healthy - fruit juice instead of coke, sandwich instead of burger
• go healthy - steps instead of elevators / escalators, jogging instead of walking
• push your limits - run faster, jump further than you did the previous time