Yeah, it’s nothing like High School Musical, or One Tree Hill, or Degrassi, or… you get the idea.
- Focus on yourself, always.
- No one is having as much fun as their social media makes it seem.
- “Facebook Depression” is real.
- Take an extended break from your phone (one day, 3 days, a week), you will feel better and be more creative and have way more free time.
- Your grades don’t define you.
- Your test scores don’t define you.
- Your friends don’t define you.
- You define you; think long and hard about how you want to portray yourself to the world.
- Don’t feel obligated to stay friends with people who make you unhappy.
- Challenge yourself in school, but not more than you can handle; you know yourself best.
- Begin acquiring a taste for coffee, you will need it sooner or later.
- A good cry will always leave you feeling better.
- Read widely; a good book can change your life.
- Apply to/try out anything and everything that interests you, you will never regret having tons of opportunities available.
- Life won’t throw opportunities at you, you have to seek them.
- Block collegeconfidential.com on all of your devices, just trust me on this one.
- Don’t shape your life around a certain college, you will regret your whole high school career.
- Do not change for anyone. Ever.
- Find your passions and begin to pursue them in any way possible.
- Have fun! You’re still a kid, enjoy it.
- Show your parents some extra love, these may just be the last few years you will ever live with them; cherish them.
- Organization is a major key to success.
- Try out that new look, that new hair color, that new piercing; try everything.
- Pay attention to your younger siblings, they adore you, be a good role model (without compromising who you are, of course).
- Being knowledgeable is cool, being smart is cool, being informed is cool.
- Find a routine and stick to it, but don’t be afraid to be spontaneous once in awhile.
- Find someone a year or two older than you and look to them as a mentor, they can give you more (relevant) wisdom than adults, sometimes.
- Please try in school. Your grades may not matter in the long run, but this is the ideal time to form good study habits.
- Stay hydrated, it helps you avoid fatigue, and it’s hella good for your skin.
- Don’t sacrifice sleep for your grades, it will never be worth it.
- Take pictures, make videos, trust me, you don’t want to lose these priceless memories.
- You’re probably dying to get out of your hometown; you will one day, so stop stressing about it, explore it instead, find out what makes it special.
- Being kind never hurts.
- Google Docs and Google Hangouts are lifesavers, use them, they’re free.
- Try anything and everything. Try sports, hobbies, music, clubs, theater; leave high school with no regrets.
- The people you least expect will be the biggest part of your life.
- S/he is not as great as you made them up to be in your head.
- Music can change your mood.
- Poetry can change your outlook on life.
- Bloggers are incredibly inspiring, find some that you can connect with.
- Don’t sacrifice your happiness for anything.
- Always be open to learning something new, whether it be how to code or how to speak Mandarin, these skills will always be helpful in the long run.
- Pay attention in health classes, foreign language classes, and personal finance classes, these will actually be beneficial to most students.
- Don’t put yourself in a box; the coolest people are always multi-faceted and sometimes their traits are contradictory— that’s what makes them cool.
- You don’t have to be good at everything, or anything really, just do you.
- Befriend your teachers, not only does it come in handy (ahem, rounding up borderline grades), but they’re people too! They have way more to offer than the subject they teach.
- It’s okay to be vulnerable sometimes.
- It’s okay to not be okay.
- These probably won’t be the “best four years of your life”, so don’t come in with that mindset, you may be disappointed.
- However, life is what you make it, so make it rock.
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