1 Do not compare yourself with others. Just be the best version of you that you can possibly be. I love the quote below its so true. Your beginning might be someone else's middle and like wise. Only you know what goals that you would like to achieve in your life you only need to live up to yourself so stop looking what everyone else has because you will end missing all the good things you already have in your life. This is something I learnt the hard way and it wasn't until I learnt to love me for being me that I realised I don't need to compare myself to other girls anymore. It's so much more relaxing to be comfortable in your own skin and not have to worry that girl has better hair than me or she has a smaller waist, bigger boobs ect all of that becomes unnecessary when you can love what you see in the mirror already.
2 Don't expect to feel like an adult at 25. When I was younger I had this idea in my head that when I was 25 I'd be this grown woman with swishy hair in my grown up crisp white shirt and constantly be walking around in 5inch designer heels. This is not how 25 is don't get me wrong I see those women when I'm out and about but I'm not one of them. I'm still stood in my converse with my messy gym hair and most of the time I still feel like I look like a teenager but that's ok. I've grown to accept what 25 is to me will be completely different to someone else. And quite frankly I'd like to get away with looking young for as long as possible!
3 You don’t have to try and please everyone. There is going to be people that don't like you and there is absolutely nothing you can do to change that. I used spend so much of my time trying to be polite and nice to people that weren't that way in return and so now if you don't like me I will just ignore you. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life. Trying to please everyone is exhausting whether it's your friends or family sometimes it's ok to just say I can't help you today I'm going stay in bed all day watching 2000 re runs of the Kardashians because it's important to have that time just for yourself.
4 You have probably lost a few friends over the years. But it's important to realise that doesn't make you a bad person or that you were a bad friend. We all grow at different rates as people and sometimes you just out grow friends too because you end up being at completely different stages of life that it's impossible to have anything common anymore. But I 100% believe that it is better to have handful of close, ride or die friends than having a whole bunch of people you can't rely on. The people I have in my life of so important to me and when you surround yourself with good people it makes it easier to recognise the shady ones.
5 Have fun! I realise that I do have adult responsibilities but I am in no way going to miss out on being young. I want to cherish every second of it so I will enjoy my twenties with nights out on the town, travelling to as many places as I can fit in and spending time with people who make happiest. Everyone's idea of fun is different but it doesn't matter what it is that makes you happy it's just important that you go do it RIGHT NOW, I insist!
I hope this has given some insight for what's to come for any of the babies out there, 25 isn't so bad after all! So thank you if you've taken the time to read this and here's to next 25 🎉
