I Don't Know About You, But I'm A While Off 22...

Last year, I wrote a post of 22 things I'd learnt in my 22 years on this planet. I'm about to turn 24 (May 19th, sports fans, mark your calendars!) and I think since I last wrote that post, things have changed. So I think it's time for an update. Insert Neil Young reference here.

1. It doesn't matter if you haven't found your tribe yet. You will, and when you do, you'll feel sixteen all over again.
2. Invest in skincare, makeup can be good and cheap, Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum foundation will save your life, alongside Kiehl's Calendula Face Wash.
3. Tories are not good people.
4. If you can't afford a therapist, cry instead. It saves hundreds in the long run.
5. JOIN A PENSION SCHEME FFS
6. Music, TV, film, literature, art, it all shapes you. Allow it to, allow yourself to inhale good influences, make a Frida Kahlo painting your phone background and smile each time you check your texts, carry a JD Salinger novel with you and reread your favourite chapter when you're sat at the bus stop. Download the Best of Prince album and sing it in the shower.
7. Your parents are not out to get you.
8. You'll be a lot happier when you realise nobody in the room is judging and laughing at you. I'm still learning this. It's a work in progress.
9. Be a sarcastic little bat if you want. 
10. Watch Eurovision and fully enjoy it as it is meant to be - life is too short to try being cool, nobody really is.
11. HELP OTHER PEOPLE. 
12. Laugh at stupid jokes, tweet your ridiculous thoughts, be a weirdo and own it. It's the biggest middle finger to the girls who teased you at school
    
    
    Here she is, demonstrating just that.
    
13. Nothing will put you in a better mood than I'm Your Man by Wham!
14. The best question to ask on a first date is "What would be your Mastermind specialist subject?"
15. Hoop earrings are great in all shapes and sizes. I am a hoop advocate, they look great on everyone.
16. If you end up without a real job and without a house of your own and it's Christmas and you feel like there's no real point any more, trust me there is. Somehow, it's not the end of the world, and it will be okay again. And it's the sweetest feeling when it is.
17. I'm a firm believer that all email subject lines should be funny.
18. Trainers are the best shoes.
19. If you cannot dance, that's even better.
20. Feminists who reject trans women, women of colour, women of different religions or disabled women are not feminists.
21. Half an hour at the seaside can knock the life back into you.
22. The best healthy living regime is to eat what the hell you want and maybe go to a Clubbercise class once in a while if you fancy it.
23. At least one claim to fame - no matter how small or Z list - is a fantastic ice breaker. 

I'm wary this sounds schmaltzy, I promise I tried not to be too bad! Just wanted to let you know it's okay to not be all #livelaughlove all the time cause it's a bit boring really. Also side note - I like beret hats and think they also suit literally anyone, if there's one thing to take from this list, it's BUY A BERET.