I might be on the tail end of this fad, but here I am. Here’s a list of twenty things I’ve learned in my twenties. And since I’m only twenty-six, I probably have a lot left to learn. I’ll let you know when I do.
- Apparently, once you graduate, nobody really cares what your GPA was.
- You don’t have to spend thousands of dollars to have an amazing, memorable wedding.
- Poor planning can make a trip miserable. But having a special person who just laughs at your poor planning can make it not as miserable.
- You don’t have to spend hundreds of dollars to have an amazing, memorable vacation. Or you can spend hundreds of dollars and also have an amazing, memorable vacation.
- You don’t have to take years to decide you are ready for children. But you may have to wait years after you decide you are ready to actually have children.
- If you know what you want out of life, work as hard as you can to get it. You may have to work really, really, hard, but it will be worth it.
- Working hard for something when you’re a grownup isn’t like studying hard for a test in college. And it mostly involves making phone calls you don’t want to make and signing lots of repetitive forms.
- Sometimes you can work as hard as you can, and you will still fail. Either because of yourself, or because of other people, or because of something else out of your control. It just happens. Life isn’t fair.
- You must resign yourself to the fact that you will never get to sleep in past eight o’clock.
- If you can resign yourself to the fact that you will never sleep in past eight o’clock, taking care of one child isn’t that hard.
- Taking care of two children is kinda hard.
- You are not perfect, so your children are not going to be perfect. Probably far from it.
- Letting your child roll off the bed once or twice is not going to kill her. But you should try to learn from your mistakes and not put her on the bed again.
- Being mad at someone is not nearly as rewarding as snuggling with him. So tell him you’re sorry, even if you don’t think you are wrong.
- If you don’t want something that your significant other does want, tell your significant other. It’s better to talk (or argue) about it than to go along with something you don’t want to do and secretly be mad about it the whole time.
- You can’t be good at everything, but you can be really, truly good at at least one or two things, so focus on that.
- There is such a thing as too much ice cream.
- Coffee is wonderful.
- Being a nerd is awesome.
- Watching your children turn into nerds is one of the funnest experiences ever.