What friends are for

Incomplete thoughts about life

Three whole days to go.

I want to share something one of my oldest friends made for me which is a notebook that contains everything I need to know in order to survive in London. These 50 directions are the most important things I need to keep in mind now that I'm storming in to a whole  new life.

1. Be brave enough to fall in love but don't try to force it.

2. Keep your nails beautifully polished.

3. Eat chocolate anytime you want to.

4. If something feels good, don't worry about what others think about it.

5. Sing loudly while you're pouring an expired dairy product down the drain to hide the noise originating from that procedure.

6. Freedom means being yourself.

7. Write with ink - mistakes are humane.

8. Even though it feels like it sometimes, school is not your whole life.

9.  Separate white clothes from coloured ones when doing laundry.

10. Do the best you can to help others but not at the expense of your own happiness.

11. Have the guts to be childish! Sleep with the teddy bear if you want to!

12. Do not be the girlfriend who won't appear without makeup in front of her boyfriend.

13. Write, write, write. Whatever comes to mind.

14. Learn something every day about yourself, your friends or the history of street lights if that's the case. 

15. Don't skimp on underwear.

16. Change the sheets every two or three weeks.

17. Make sure your musical devices always have gloomy songs for melancholic moments.

18. Eat your salad!!!

19. Try... But not drugs.

20. Wear heels any chance you get but remember to keep bandaids with you.

21. You can't know whether a decision is bad or good until you have taken the first step.

22. Sing.

23. Go to parties.

24. Learn to separate desire and necessity.

25. If a song is stuck in your head, it is your job to transmit it to others.

26. Learn to understand other cultures. We all have a place in this world.

27. Find a piece of nature wherever you go.

28. Smiling is the fountain of youth.

29. You can't find unless you look.

30. Don't plan your life too far ahead. It's going to change many times along the way.

31. Goals are good, obsessions aren't.

32. Cry. Not for pity but for compassion.

33. Drink tea.

34. Remember that complimenting others doesn't harm you and it isn't done to receive equivalent compliments.

35. Make time to read something else than school books too.

36. Moisturizing your skin is a daily procedure.

37. Share your grief with someone else.

38. Sometimes love is meant to hurt. Find love worth fighting for.

39. Good mood is transmitted more easily than a bad one.

40. Time spent on sitting, listening and looking isn't wasted.

41. Remember to pay your bills. It's easier than having to deal with it later.

42. It's good to be able to handle shitty jobs as well.

43. Screaming can be relaxing!

44. Go out in the rain sometimes to feel the water on your skin.

45. Every payday it's good to give yourself a little treat - even just a candy bar.

46. Sink your toes in to the sand.

47. Never wallow in failures. Come up with a new goal and go after that one.

48. You have a chance to decide how you will be dealing with the day every morning.

49. It's good to be able to recognize why you do certain things even if the reasons are selfish.

50. Carpe diem.

Satu