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Jenny
Los Angeles, California USA
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Advice to Jenny at 18
Advice to Jenny at 18
1. Break up with Chris BEFORE going away to college. He's a very nice person, but you two have NOTHING in common. I mean, really. He doesn't even want to go to college, and he sees no reason to move out of his parents' house and get a real job. Going away to school with a hometown, dead-end boyfriend in tow will severely stunt your social life for your first semester.
2. When you meet Greg in the computer lab, do not be creeped out by his outgoing nature. Just because you are (and continue to be) pathologically introverted in new social situations, doesn't mean that outgoing people are "creepy." Make friends with Greg sooner. He's a keeper.
3. Do not, however, develop a crush on Greg. This crush will result in much drama. Luckily, your friendship will not be damaged by it, but come on. Look at the clues. He's gay!
4. Just because you can eat an unlimited amount of food at the dining hall for no cost (besides the fee your parents have paid for you to do so), doesn't mean it is a GOOD IDEA. This habit will lead to the beginning of what is so far a 12 year struggle (and counting) with being overweight. Although you think you are "fat" now at 160 pounds and 5'10", when you are 30, you will DREAM of being that skinny again.
5. Similarly, even though you have a debit account at the bookstore that has been paid in advance, you shouldn't eat a pint of Ben and Jerry's all by yourself in one sitting several times a week. You are no longer playing 3 sports. You cannot continue to consume the same number of insane calories as you used to when you were active.
6. Those people on the street in front of the deli hawking credit cards with free gifts? RUN. RUN FAST. RUN AWAY FROM THEM RIGHT NOW. That green, shimmery vintage dress and all of those meals away from campus will not stay with you as long as your monumental credit card debt will.
7. Stop being so possessive of all of your friends. For some reason, this is a hot button issue with you, and has been since you were three. You are 18 now. Your friends are allowed to be friends with people besides you. It is ok if they want to hang out with these other people sometimes without you along. They still love you.
8. Visit the county cat shelter sooner. Start volunteering there as soon as you can. It will be a rewarding experience, and it will help you with your anxiety and depression more than the really crappy counselor you will see at the counseling center your junior year ever could.
9. That cute guy in the face book you think is so hot? Don't worry, you will marry him. You won't meet him formally for a couple of years, and your relationship with him will be oh-so-rocky, but in the end, it's all ok. You will one day live together in your very own house with your very own kitties, and you will be happy. Yes, you will be happy. And it will be good.
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