13 Pieces of Advice Your 18 Year Old Self Needs To Hear
Graduation season always brings out the "what's your advice for graduates?" topics. Well, I have a slightly different version. If you could go back, what advice would you give your 18-year-old self? I asked on Facebook, and these are the best responses (in no particular order).
Jamie Sager
I would tell myself to STOP smoking, that my mom will have an 8 year battle with lung cancer. Don't settle down so young.
Danielle Billing
Take your meds. Go to counseling. Learn to say no. Breathe. It will be okay.
Cheryl Styer
Go to college and don't settle for someone that doesn't treat you right!
Chris Moe
Get plugged in to the people who are closest to you. You reap the rewards when you show them you care.
Jeana Fowler
Stay away from the hot guys (they're all trouble) and finish your schooling!
Shelley Thompson
Take the scholarship even if the school is far away...
Brad Burgess
You are NOT in this alone, nor do you have to be!
Kathryn Bausman
Spend more time laughing and less time cleaning. Friends and acquaintances are not the same - spend your energy with friends. It is OK to cheat at Monopoly.
Joleen Burgart
Hang on to hope.
Gabe Kleinkopf
Anybody remember the song "Everybody's Free to Wear Sunscreen"? Listen to it. I wish I had listened harder back in the day, hell I wish that song would have come out about 10 years before it did!!
Cheryl Scott Davis Lindquist
Be nice.
Karen Rorie
The universe rolls on its own. You don't have to get out and push.
James Rabe
Spend more time with mom and dad...and, record a few conversations with mom. I won't tell 18 year old me that they both die by the early 90's and THAT'S why he should do those things. But I will stress the recording. I don't know what my mom's voice sounds like anymore.
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