Patricia Grisafi
11.
“Just because you spent a long time making a mistake (being with the wrong partner, hanging out with toxic friends, working at the wrong job, taking the wrong courses in college, etc…) doesn’t mean you should keep doing it.” — Nickard
12.
“If you are a smart kid in a small town: You aren’t as smart as you think you are. This will come as a big pill to swallow if you get a scholarship or make it into some sort of academic program where the rest of your classmates are ‘smart kids’ too.” — Echo5even
13.
“Being happy long-term isn’t about doing whatever you feel at any given moment, sometimes you have to make a conscious, serious effort over a period of days, weeks, even months or years, to form good habits and increase your quality of life in order to have a positive disposition instead of intermittent periods of joy with a general negative disposition.” — everyischemicals
14.
“You’re an a**hole/ b**** to somebody.” — BigMilk0
15.
“Getting help whether it is a doctor’s appointment or seeking therapy doesn’t make you any less of a normal person and can actually benefit you. It’s okay to need help.” — djfishfingers
16.
“You are not immune to propaganda, and many of the things you grew up believing to be true about your country, or other countries, or groups of people, or political ideologies, or history, may be lies or misrepresentations.” — xrancorx
17.
“Some of your friends, even your best pal from high school, may not be the best friends for you as you go to adulthood.” — NotThisNonsense
18.
“You’re not special. I actually loved this when I heard it. It takes the pressure off of me to excel. I’m just me, and that’s enough.” — OldHippiiChiq
19.
“The internet and social media shouldn’t be your holy truth. Go the f*** outside once in awhile.” — jumpie-cabies
20.
“Within a generation or two after your death, no one alive will have any memory of you. Your life, everything you did, every person you interacted with, will be gone and lost to time.” — Everything80sFan
