15 Lessons from 31 Years

31 is different.

If you were clinging to your 20s, you’ve officially lost your grip and fallen into the next decade. It begins a decade of moving with a new purpose in a new way. Your 20s are spent just trying to figure it all out, and although that never really changes, what does change is your certainty in your growth.

Here are 15 Lessons I’ve learned living 31 years:

1. Life isn’t fair

2. Buy the Lego set

3. Life’s too short to not eat delicious food

4. Everyone should see a therapist at least once

5. Taking care of yourself is taking care of others

6. Your internal beliefs dictate your external actions

7. Seek out people who are ahead of you and learn

8. Seek out people who coming up behind you and teach

9. People are too self-absorbed to judge you — live your life

10. Do what you can to take care of your mind and body to live a fuller life

11. Stop waiting for the right time to do something — it is when you say it is

12. Learning to work within your circumstances to change them is a powerful skill

13. Reading makes you a better writer (but writing makes you an even better writer)

14. People overestimate what they can achieve in one year and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade

15. Skip the 4-year university and save money getting an associates degree at a community college — then go to the university to finish up