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A thread of things I wish I knew in the 1st year of GNLU:
1. Your grade is very very important, please don’t set it aside even if you’re gaining no education by mantaining a decent average
2. It’s 100% okay to have exclusively junior/senior friends
3. If you are not having fun with certain people there is absolutely no point of spending the little time you have free, with them just to have a full looking mess table
4. It’s 100% okay to be disliked, it’s 100% okay to stand your ground even if other people deem it to be worthless ground, you are allowed to exist and you are allowed to not make yourself smaller
5. Your morality is your own, you don’t need to bend and convolute your morality and your past to be well liked
6. It is absolutely okay to make mistakes as long as you are not in denial about those mistakes and as long as you work on yourself after recognising those mistakes
7. JUST BECAUSE HE IS OLDER DOESN’T MEAN HE IS ALLOWED TO DROWN YOUR VOICE OUT, YOUR CONSENT MATTERS AND NEEDS TO BE HEARD; please don’t enter that room, it will scar you.
8. Being an enthusiastic part of sports and cultural clubs doesn’t mean you are academically inferior; it doesn’t mean you’re an idiot, it doesn’t mean you will fail law school
9. Hydrate yourself, eat, sleep, take care of your body. That 1 extra hour of library/decor room time is not worth your physical health. Nobody asked you to sacrifice yourself. Don’t be an idiot.
10. Rejections don’t mean that you’re useless. Rejections are okay. You will be okay. Count your accomplishments just as much you count your rejections.
11. Don’t follow everyone else in filling up your CV, DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO not what everyone else is doing.
12. To be emotionally vulnerable with people is okay. Being a wall is not a healthy thing. Don& #39;t be proud of yourself for being a person that is incapable of human emotions.
13. You are not stupid, you are not untalented, people don& #39;t think of you as an incapable person in all circumstances, make your conversations with yourself more positive and amicable. It will make your attitude towards the reality around you more positive and amicable.
I will continue this thread every time I think of something to add. Lots of love.
14. You have such massive amount of privilage, recognise it, recognise the responsibility you have because of it, recognise the voice that have been drowned out because of it
15. You will have boiling rage in your heart and your mind for men merely because they are able to do things that you are not able to do just by virtue of being male. Use that rage productively and wisely. Don’t waste it on doing emotional labour for men who cannot be educated.
16. Recognise the difference between incompatibility and toxicity. You can both be good people and still not want to be part of eachother’s lives. The world doesn’t create boxes of “good” and “bad” for people to exclusively be part of. Don’t hate them for your incompatibility.
17. You will 100% find things to be passionate about; don’t worry, you are going to be part of a journey of your own.
18. Self pity has never once helped anyone; everyone gets dealt a shitty hand in life. It’s okay to have bad days; suck it up.
19. College, and life generally, will find a way to pass negative judgement on anything you do. That is because college, and life, is made of vastly different people with vastly different priorities. Chose to do what you want to do, and don’t base it on other’s judgement.
20. Everyone has this ideal college dream in their head and they walk over people to reach that dream with or without meaning to
21. Know your worth. And know what you’re willing to make sacrifices for. You can’t give everything, nor can you give nothing at all.
