I can't believe it, but 2012 is coming to a close. It seems like just yesterday I was writing about bringing in the new year with the Midnight Society. Now, that just seems so far away. So much has happened, and so so much has changed. I thought about doing a month by month break down, but instead have opted just to list a few of the things I've learned in the last 350-ish days.
1. Never, under any circumstances answer the phone before 9 am (or before coffee) on NYE. Also never allow your best friend to do that, because nothing stings more than her tears on your pillows.
2. It's okay to fall asleep first at your NYE party....it's not ok to be hear stories and not believe it was you they happened to on New Year's Day.
3. Always make sure you leave the hotel with everything you took....especially if the hotel is in the Texas Hill Country and what you forgot are your make-up essentials.
4. Always slow down for your best friends, and this includes during SXSW.
5. Say thank you always....especially when someone else brings you coffee, and they fix it exactly how it should be fixed. (slighty tan with half a pink)
6. Know that change is scary, but it's part of growing up.
7. Brunch is not to be taken advantage of. If it is, you WILL end on a sidewalk in Clarksville crying to PT, Josie, Elva, and anyone else who answers their phone/ passes by.
8. Travel and have fabulous dinners.
9. Call your friends in the cities you travel to.
10. Give them a chance. Even if it's the exact opposite of what you've ever had in mind.
11. Forgive.
12. Open your heart as much as you open your mind.
13. Have confidence in your abilities, and then smile as you conquer....in a I'm proud of myself way, not in the BOOYAH BIOTCH sort of way.
14. Your first instinct is 9 times out of 10 the way to go. If it feels right don't force it to feel wrong.
15. Trust yourself.
16. Stop. And smell the roses...and know that roses aren't always beautiful flowers that grows from the earth. Sometimes, they're growing in other places and it just takes a minute to realize it.
17. Let the list keep growing.
Now, don't get it twisted. I'm not by any means neglecting the fact that I am a stubborn mule with the tendency to completely disregard everything I know to be true. I am though, acknowledging the fact that although this year took me for a spin I was somehow able to take a few notes along the way.
Applaud.
