i was bored...

Dear Class of 2011

As you begin your university experience, I thought I’d leave you with the things that I want to navigate over the next few years.

Here it goes…
-Your friends will change a lot over the next few years. Let them.
-Call someone you love back home a few times a week, even if just for a few minutes.
-In uni, more than ever before, songs will attach themselves to memories. Sing them in the shower.
-Take naps in the middle of the afternoon with reckless abandon.
-Adjust your schedule around when you are most productive and creative. If you’re nocturnal and do your best work late at night, embrace that. It may be the only time in your life when you can.
-If you write your best papers the night before they are due, don’t let people tell you that you “should be more organized” or that you “should plan better.”
-Do something fun and irresponsible when you should be studying.
-Become friends with your favorite professors.
-Carve out an hour every single day to be alone. (Sleeping doesn’t count.)
-Go on dates. Don’t feel like every date has to turn into a relationship.
-Embrace the differences between you and your classmates.
-NB:All-nighters are entirely overrated.
-Working things out between friends is best done in person.
-Take risks.
-Wednesday is the middle of the week; therefore on Wednesday night the week is more than half over. You should celebrate accordingly.
-Welcome failure into your lives. It’s how we grow. What matters is not that you failed, but that you recovered.
-It’s important to think about the future, but it’s more important to be present in the now.
-Don’t be afraid to fall in love. When it happens, don’t take it for granted. Celebrate it.
-Keeping reading. Time spent reading may disappear with everything you have to do. Put aside time for purely reading.
-Find a job.
-Don’t always lead. It’s good to follow sometimes.
-Take a lot of pictures.
-Your health and safety are more important than anything.
-In ten years very few of you will look as good as you do right now, so secretly revel in how hot you are before it’s too late.
-On the flip side, don’t try to do everything. Balance = well-being.
-Make perspective a priority.
-Don’t be afraid of the weird pizza topping combinations that your new friend loves.
-Life is too short to stick with a course of study that you’re no longer excited about. Switch, even if it complicates things.
-Tattoos are permanent. Be very certain.

I wonder how many of these things I'll actually do =) but that's pretty much my basic list...

bleh.