Brianne McDonald

2. You find yourself bragging about things like ‘fuel efficiency’ and ‘safety’ when discussing your choice of a new car. Bonus points if it’s a Subaru with a ski-rack.

The moment you hit rock bottom is the moment you discover who you truly are, and it’s when you’re given the best opportunity to make the greatest change.

When people first start dating, they tend to bring out the big guns. Think Javelin rocket launcher.

1. Have full conversations with my pets

I got a year older, and in typical Millennial fashion, it was a time of deep, meaningful reflection – written in the ever popular and highly polished fashion of the recently invented ‘listicle.’

No one ever tells us how hard it can be to accept help from others, or how rewarding it can be when you finally let go of your pride.

There is nothing objectively special or new about motherhood, about giving birth, but there is something profound and priceless in a true and good parent.

3. Learn to be comfortable and actually enjoy doing things on your own.

13. Being an adult is about personal responsibility. Children say ‘Well, I did this because she made me!’ Adults say, ‘I could have personally handled that better.’

Buck up gentlemen, some of you might seriously suck.

I think we all pretty much understand that Hollywood embellishes and outright lies about a lot of things. Sex is no exception (it might even be the rule).

I didn’t cave into what society told me I ‘deserved,’ because I’d finally come to understand that I deserved whatever the hell I earned, and that just because I fell down, didn’t mean that I couldn’t get back up.

2. Looking at every single picture of John Snow tumblr has to offer.

Don’t allow anyone else to define what success means for you. Not everyone is interested in starting their own company or working for some powerful corporation. Success is what you make it and you should never let anyone else diminish that.

When people come over I no longer have to shove everything in my house in my bedroom and close the door, which is a plus.

Let’s get out of here, just you and me. I don’t need the promise of tomorrow and yesterday tastes bitter in my mouth.

3. I’m sorry I let your fish die over the summer and replaced it with another fish the day before you came home. You were right, Jake totally did have another stripe.

People and relationships are not prizes at the end of the game; they are not your trophy for your perception of a well-lived life.