25 lessons from a 25 year old.

It was my birthday in the weekend. I turned 25, 100 seasons, and had a fantastic party and was given classy gifts like wine and chocolate and salt lamps and health foods and plant decor.

Emma Watson also turned 25 the day before me.(The pic below is not her as a 25 yr old, but as Hermoine Granger in Harry Potter)

That combined with turning another year older and diving into my mid-late twenties has me wanting to tear my well groomed eye-brow hair out. Still, I think it is something to be celebrated. Looking back to birthdays past, I can see how much I have learnt and experienced......here's some I'm going to share with you.

1. Smiles are free.
2. You don't know what you don't know.
3. Ten cents are better than no sense.
4. Laughing and crying are best done loudly.
5. Pants are best worn on the floor.
6. Everyone is on their own journey, if you think your life is complex, don't try imagine what someone else's is like. Empathise.
7. Love hard. The lessons you learn from loving hard give you more for longer than what getting hurt from loving hard can do. 
8. Do your squats.
9. Eat your veggies, whenever you can. Capsicum, tomato and carrot in your morning fruit salad? There are worse things you can put in your mouth.
10. Your siblings are the best presents your parents gave you. Cherish. 
11. Twenty seconds of trying to meditate is better than no seconds. Breathe. 
12. Getting through a hangover requires as much planning and effort as surviving in the wild. Hydration, nutrition, and positive thoughts.
13. If you got said hangover from being at a very fun event, then the happy memories can overpower the seediness if you just get off your butt and get on with the day.
14. Allowing yourself to travel back to happy memories is as good as a holiday.
15. Sleep naked.
16. Wear red lipstick.
17. Dance and sing in the supermarket.
18. Spend your money on memories.
19. Maintain some mystery about your life.
20. Considering how much time we spend on our techno devices, take that two minutes to send that txt to tell someone how special they are.
21. Being inspirational isn't about being famous or curing diseases, it's about being authentic and honest and the best you can be. That matters.
22. Being brave isn't just about saying yes and doing the scary thing, but also about saying no and doing what you want to do.
23. Giving a compliment costs you nothing but can add so much richness to someone's day.
24. When life gets hard to swallow, just let yourself have a wallow. 
25. As long as you live, continue to learn, dream, hope and love all you can.

Jj