• Live fearlessly. Simple -- life is too short not to. You have no idea what might happen in five years (if you have five years), or even an hour from now! Take chances - don't be afraid of new things. If someone recognizes a skill in you that you've never noticed, pursue it! If you have a dream of any sort, go after it! We're so afraid of rejection, that we often don't even give ourselves the opportunity to get rejected! -- Don't sell yourself short, and others won't either ;]

• Not everyone is going to like you -- that's okay! Let's face it, as humans, we all wish to belong to something in some way. That's cool and all, but you're not going to "belong" with everyone. If someone doesn't like you (and it's not because of a serious flaw that you should probably change anyway, like being a huge bitch ... ), it's not the end of the world. Don't give other people so much power over how you feel about yourself.. There's an awesome book we read in one of my classes this summer, that everyone should read: How To Keep People From Pushing Your Buttons 

• Never settle! Now, this has been my thing for quite a while, and has kept me out of some serious situations for one reason or another..however, it's also lead me to some awesome places! I'm adding this here because my professor reiterates this to us every class, and I think it's important you're told the same. We're young, we're going to mess up -- it's not the end of the world. There's (hopefully) plenty of time for us to fix the things that go wrong and learn from them. Even if you think you're not-so-young (which you're probably wrong about..), you still have plenty of time to make mistakes -- If you hate your job, find a new one. (This is where I lose followers..) But trust me, there are a lot of ways to make less than $100k/year. Find one that makes you happy. ;]

• See the world. One of my professors told us, "Your biggest asset is your passport." I know not everyone has the opportunity to travel where/whenever they want, for a number of reasons. But if you can at all, do it! See something, learn something. I never in a million years thought I would ever see London. Sure, I would dream about it, sigh to myself and think 'someday...' but it happened! Your entire perspective on life will change -- you'll realize you're not so important, how strange it is that things happen at all.. Being able to experience new things, new foods, new cultures, new people, ah everything!! There's nothing like going somewhere for the first time and having all your expectations broken, and in the process, finding out more about yourself. "The more you experience, the less you have to fear."

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