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.