I had a good chat with my friend from bschool today and we both agreed there are a lot of things that we wish we knew when we were younger. Between this and me visiting my friends in southern California this weekend, I realized that there was a lot to this whole "growing up" business. It's more than just differences between your 20s and your 30s a la Huffington Post.. so here are some things that we chatted about:
- The whole "you'll grow out of getting pimples" thing is a lie. A big fat lie. And when you're in high school, it sucks because it might show up when you're going to a dance or something, but when you're an adult, it'll always happen before you have a big presentation or meeting with your boss. Always.
- There probably isn't such a thing as "The One", if nothing else from a probability perspective...BUT don't use this as an excuse to not care about the one you're with, because there IS definitely a "The One That You're Most Compatible With". So get your ish together.
- Moving always sucks. You will always have more crap than you need. Get in the habit of getting rid of stuff periodically to try to trick yourself into thinking it'll be better next time, and then when it comes time to move again, hire a mover.
- Trying on jeans, as a girl, is always a traumatic experience. It gets worse. Prepare yourself mentally, like you're going to war.
- You're going to start losing people you care about now that you're getting older. You'd think that you'd get used to it after awhile, but losing people you care about always sucks-- it's not always a break up, it's death, moving, slowly drifting apart. This is life I suppose, but that doesn't make it suck less.
- You find yourself wishing for high school house parties because it requires less effort. Sad but true. When you hit this stage, you also figure out who your really close friends are because you can hang out with them and debate the merits of Persian soap operas and have that be the highlight of your week
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