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Everything I Know About Love, Life, Dating, Growing Up WORDS BY Atara Thenabadu @atara1809
Issue 02/2021: Growing Pains
1.
As you have learned in your first 20 years of life, there is no manual on how to be a functioning adult. So instead of constantly being unfairly harsh on yourself when you make a mistake, take it as an opportunity to learn and evolve, not just self-criticise.
2.
Rejection is never a nice feeling, let alone when you’re in Year Three and think no one is ever going to be as perfect for you as the boy in 3W. It doesn’t mean that you are an unlovable, broken human being — instead, it just means you may not be the one for them, and that’s okay.
3.
Even though you question your younger sister’s existence every other day, as well as wonder what life would be like as an only child, you know deep down that she has made you a better person. Even if you will never admit it to her face.
4.
Letting a bunch of 20-year-olds who kick a piece of leather around a patch of grass for a profession dictate your weekly mood is not the way you should be living. Instead of feeling all levels of rage when your team loses, take a moment to acknowledge that no one ever goes out there to fail and proceed to get on with the rest of your day.
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A benefit of getting older is that you will learn to acknowledge that it was, in fact, Sharpay Evans who was the real hero of the High School Musical franchise. After all, she was the one that set up meetings and brunch to help further Troy’s basketball career, while Gabriella was either swimming, crying, or running away. She deserves our utmost respect.
