Recovery

Advice #3

1. You're going to fall in love with the wrong guy. He'll memorize your favorite starbucks drink and bring it to you when you're sad. He will randomly pick you up & take you out because he wants to show you off. He may even quote your favorite book, but he also memorized her favorite starbucks drink & when he isn't texting you back, he's with her.

2. Life can end whenever it wants to. Your best friends got too excited about a party & wrecked their car on the way there, they're all gone. You were supposed to be in that car. Your mom hasn't been herself in a while & you come home to find out she has cancer. Life can end whenever it wants to.

3. Not all your friends will stick around. The one you told all your secrets to will get a new boyfriend & forget you ever existed. The one you kissed when you were sad will tell the entire school that you used to cut yourself because he doesn't know how to deal with his feelings. The one that texted you into all hours of the night will find out that you like girls too & walk out your front door & never turn around again.

4.  People can change, not always for the better.

5.  Doing certain things & not doing certain things won't make you cool.

6. It's okay to mess up. It's okay to fail a test or kiss your best friend or text the wrong person or cry in front of people you barely know. It's okay.

7. You won't be the same person you were when you started. People will change you. You will change yourself. The things you do will change you. The things you witness will change you. You might even lose yourself along the way, but even if you don't, you won't be the same person you were when you started.