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What I Learned In 2016 Is...

36 Life Lessons I Picked Up Throughout 2016

Alyssa Eckley

Dec 19, 2016

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1. You will outgrow people and that is okay.

2. What goes around will eventually make its way back around.

3. How to express what I'm feeling without feeling bad about it.

4. When to put up a fight and when to walk away.

5. It does not matter how long you've known someone.

6. Social media does ruin relationships

7. If you recognize that a person is toxic, cut them off. It is for the best.

8. Your decisions do not have to make sense to anyone else.

9. It won't matter a week from now.

10. Some things just aren't worth it.

11. Don't ignore the signs or your gut feeling.

12. Honesty is the best policy.

13. Do NOT settle.

14. Take risks.

15. Don't let money stop you from doing anything you want to do.

16. The best views are only seen when you put your phone away.

17. Don't judge someone based on other people's opinions of them.

18. People will ask questions, that does not mean you have to explain yourself.

19. Get your priorities straight.

20. Be patient, things will work out for the best.

21. It might not make sense now, but it will.

22. Don't take your good friends for granted.

23. Don't base your self-worth off of other people's opinions of you.

24. Sleeping in is a wasted morning

25. Money does not buy happiness but it does buy coffee and sometimes that's all you need.

26. Sometimes you have to take the road less traveled even if it is a lonely trip.

27. Don't be Rihanna - Stay. Be Rihanna - Needed Me

28. You don't need a reason to dress up.

29. Not everyone is going to like you. Not everyone will have a reason why.

30. The older you get the more you realize how old you really are.

31. The less you share the more people care about what you're doing... usually not for good reasons.

32. Stay low-key.

33. Sometimes you have to say NO.

34. Those dreams are not unattainable if you put in the work to achieve them.

35. When you are given the opportunity of a lifetime, take it.

36. You won't always end the year with the same people you started it with.

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What I Learned In 2016 Is...

36 Life Lessons I Picked Up Throughout 2016

1. You will outgrow people and that is okay.

2. What goes around will eventually make its way back around.

3. How to express what I'm feeling without feeling bad about it.

4. When to put up a fight and when to walk away.

5. It does not matter how long you've known someone.

6. Social media does ruin relationships

7. If you recognize that a person is toxic, cut them off. It is for the best.

8. Your decisions do not have to make sense to anyone else.

9. It won't matter a week from now.

10. Some things just aren't worth it.

11. Don't ignore the signs or your gut feeling.

12. Honesty is the best policy.

13. Do NOT settle.

14. Take risks.

15. Don't let money stop you from doing anything you want to do.

16. The best views are only seen when you put your phone away.

17. Don't judge someone based on other people's opinions of them.

18. People will ask questions, that does not mean you have to explain yourself.

19. Get your priorities straight.

20. Be patient, things will work out for the best.

21. It might not make sense now, but it will.

22. Don't take your good friends for granted.

23. Don't base your self-worth off of other people's opinions of you.

24. Sleeping in is a wasted morning

25. Money does not buy happiness but it does buy coffee and sometimes that's all you need.

26. Sometimes you have to take the road less traveled even if it is a lonely trip.

27. Don't be Rihanna - Stay. Be Rihanna - Needed Me

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34. Those dreams are not unattainable if you put in the work to achieve them.

35. When you are given the opportunity of a lifetime, take it.

36. You won't always end the year with the same people you started it with.

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Having to spend all your extra cash on gas for your car.

Speaking of money, you probably don't have a meal plan so you're forced to scrounge up some change or mooch off of your friends.

It can be harder to maintain the friendships you make with people from class.

Finding a parking spot.

It can be harder to be involved on campus because between your one, two, or three jobs and school you don't have much free time.

When you try to be super involved on campus, it can kill your sleep schedule.

It's impossible to do homework at home, but staying on campus isn't an option sometimes.

There are surveys and events that you can't participate in because you're a commuter.

Group projects are the bane of your existence.

Traffic.

Your backpack rivals that of a survivalist trekking in the woods.

Driving all the way to campus to find a note on the door of your classroom saying class was cancelled.

Because have you ever had to endure grilling your foot on a George Foreman?

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2. When he had money (and Jan) issues

3. When he got upstaged at Phyllis' wedding

4. When he unintentionally saved Meredith from rabies

5. When he wore a "bisexual" suit

6. When he had to apologize to Jesus

7. When his GPS drove him into a lake

8. When he had to deal with Ryan as his boss

9. When he couldn't fulfill his most generous empty promise

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11. When he struggled with a X-Mas break up

12. When he had to defend his generosity

13. When he threw a classy Christmas party for Holly but she had a boyfriend

14. When he had to stand up to peer pressure

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