Catie Prendergast

I couldn’t even imagine staying mad at you for longer than a day. It would just feel weird.

I used to think about how I could make you smile. I used to wonder if I would ever be the person who makes you happy. I try not to dwell on it anymore, since I am trying to get over you. But will I ever, if you keep smiling?

I just can’t help but beg: why are you depriving your soul?

Eat Korean BBQ for dinner. (Two words: endless. meat.)

Our families, friends, homes, schools, jobs and hometowns are so engrained in our lives that we forget that these fortunes are in no way permanent.

1. You actually like to sleep at the cheapest hostel in town – towels are NOT included and don’t even think about breakfast. 2. You’ve bought a pair of baggy elephant-print pants and have been wearing them every day.

You must have had terrible days when the last thing you wanted to do was come into our classroom and teach a bunch of uninterested, undisciplined students. But you did anyway.

We need to believe we are funny if we want to make someone truly laugh.

It takes a lot for a person to make you feel uncomfortable, as you’ve spent at least 18 years witnessing and interacting with the craziest of the crazies.

You’re going to meet a lot of people that maybe you “would never be friends with back home” but don’t let that turn you into an Antisocial Annie.

Practice your answers to questions about your job search until you have them on lock. No, not the interview questions. The ones about how your search is going.

You should travel because your trip will belong entirely to you and no one else. You can tell what you want to tell, and the rest only you will know.

If your hook-up is up for some morning grub, then there’s a large chance that person likes you, or at least likes you enough to take some time out of the day to watch you devour a stack of blueberry pancakes.

Surviving a broken heart is one of the sole experiences that make us stronger. After feeling destroyed, we find courage we didn’t know we had.

Be honest in the dressing room. Tell them when that floral button down makes them look like a fool and remind them that while those pants fit nicely, they will never actually wear them.

It is okay to take your time. It is okay to indulge in a hobby or an interest even if you know it’s not the exact thing you want to do in the end. Sometimes your ambitions and goals can even change.

Contrary to popular opinion (ahem, Cher Horowitz) coffee does not stunt your growth.

She taught you about the strange and confusing world of girls. Her seemingly random melodramatic outbursts might have been super annoying, but at least you gained more of a grasp on lady behavior before you either had to deal with it yourself or deal with those who were dealing with it.