- Surround yourself with people that encourage you. Negative/Toxic personalities are common, discouraging, and will rub off on you if you spend too much time around them. Don't ever think you can change a toxic person; you can't change people who don't want to change themselves.
- Being intelligent does not mean getting straight A's in school.
- When meeting someone new and he or she seems to be acting like a goon, show compassion first.
- Make other people happy, but not at your own expense. Life is like a pitcher of lemonade and a lot of empty glasses. You have to keep your pitcher full if you're going to fill everyone else's empty glass.
- Nothing positive is accomplished by being jealous. Encourage the women in your life, be compassionate and understanding, and tell them how pretty you think they are as often as possible.
- You already have confidence, class, intelligence, and more friends than you can count. Realize it already. You are better than you think you are.
- Spending money on things that make you or someone happy is never, ever a waste. You can't take your money with you when you die.
- Stick with something long enough to become good at it. I know you're a big fan of changes, but it's OK to be familiar with something too.
- Whether it takes you 10 minutes or 10 years to get over something tragic, life does, in fact, go on. So, you might as well get over it sooner rather than later.
- I think Drake said it best, "everybody dies, but not everybody lives." Try new things, expand your comfort zone as often as possible, and Carpe Diem, no matter what your parents say (No offense, parents). It is important that you do things that make you feel free, fulfilled, without regret, and truly happy. Don't waste your time wondering "what if."
Katie
