A checklist?????

So since I was Really bored I decided to type in to the search engine "what to do when you are 19." And of course it came up with 2,400,000,000 results! (there really is that many!) But result number 5 caught my attention, A checklist for the age 19. So......I clicked on it! And I have to say some of them on that list are pretty funny! I turned 19 by the way......

Here is Most of the list:


1. Arrive at realizations that everyone else has already reached, crude truisms you’d idealistically dismissed or ignored. I will recognize sweetness and I will make it last, Money is power, pretty is good. Adults don’t know what they’re doing, most mistakes matter, and you will never be cool.2. Avoid telling strangers your age. Wish that you were 20 already, because when you are 20 people will take your emotions seriously, they will take your ‘work’ seriously, and they will take you seriously. Simultaneously take great solace in the fact that no one takes you seriously at all. Find comfort in the reality that you are still a teenager and glaring errors are still permitted and perfection is still suspicious. Recognize that once you turn 20, no one will describe you as a prodigy, no one will call you ‘exceptional’ or ‘advanced’ or ‘gifted’ or ‘special,’ Craig Ferguson will not say “Wow, and she’s only 19!” when the entrance music dies down. Master the art of feeding yourself consolatory nonfat yogurt while wrapped in blankets and reading things on the Internet. Let your eyes grow wide.
3. Begin a relationship with a person who feels more ‘real’ than your high school sweetheart, whose words sound heavier and more trustworthy. Keep your feet on the ground. In an attempt at full disclosure, ensure that he sees you at your absolute worst. Be honest. Approach love consciously, in real time. Do not drift. Do not write poetry. Use words like ‘solid’ instead of ‘dreamy.’ Consider the concept of semi-permanence. Linger, savor, know now that there is no rush. Use your past as a parachute, then discard with metaphors and, for the first time, love someone in concrete terms. Feel like you could maybe spend your life with this person. Mail your parents a 20th anniversary card and realize that you have no idea what that means, no concept of how much ‘spending a life’ costs. Love on a day-to-day basis instead. Build slowly. Learn that this is more than enough.
4. Panic. Frequently.
5. remember that you are not a coward, that you are invincible because you are still 19, and tell them that you will [do that thing that you are not afraid to do], that you will make people feel less lonely, that that is what you are going to do. Do not recoil at the sight of raised eyebrows. Do not let pity sting.
6.Try to be a better person. A better son, a better daughter. Try very, very hard. Try to express the respect you have for your parents. You've begun, if only tangentially, to understand the sacrifices they made, the lives they didn't lead so that you could live yours, so that you could read books, so that you could explore boredom and restlessness instead of real suffering. Feel zero desire to raise a child. Try to ask nothing more of your parents. Still need money, still need health insurance, still need their approval. Cringe at your dependence and immense good fortune. Realize how lucky you got. Be grateful.
7. Get excited about things like jogging and dinner parties and rooftop gardens and adopted mutts and raw foods. Start training for a 5K. Climb onto the roof of a two-story academic building at night. (me asking....why would I do this????)Visit the websites of animal shelters, point and click and say ‘that’s the one.’ Develop neurotic habits when choosing produce at Trader Joe’s. Craft convincing imitations of a world you've yet to enter. Exist in a perpetual state of preparation for a life you've yet to earn.8. Forgive. Forget. Fake it. Chin up. Wear lipstick, make lists, make sure your voicemail isn't full. Mix protein shakes, send timely thank you notes, sip drinks more slowly, stare at adults’ eyebrows, smile without dimples, develop perfect posture. Be gracious, be kind, eliminate self-pity. Look in the mirror and shift your internal monologue from ‘How do I look?’ to ‘This is my face,’ from ‘What the hell am I doing?’ to ‘This is my life.’ Capitalize your emails, read the news, walk briskly, stay focused, and never, ever let on that you are somewhat lost and sometimes lonely and so completely confused and would someone please just let me know what it is I’m supposed to do next, where exactly I’m supposed to go. Just keep going. Go, and do not stop.
10.Every so often, you will need to scream. That’s okay. That’s allowed. Scream. After all, you’re just a kid. You’re only 19!!


I suppose I had better do these though. *sigh*


the link to the whole list..... http://thoughtcatalog.com/2011/a-checklist-for-the-age-19/