Even if you go down a different route in life than you had originally planned, it is not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, sometimes it turns out to be better than your original plan anyway. When I was doing my A levels, I didn't put in any effort at all. My revision was limited to the day before each exam, and that was it. I had a conditional place at medical school, and thoguht I would be able to breeze through my exams with no problems. I missed out on getting into medical school by one mark. One single tick. I went to Leeds uni to study medical sceinces instead, and in doing so made some friends which will hopefully remain lifelong. After that, I worked in a hospital for a year, in two separate jobs, gaining valubale experience and life skills, making me a far more mature and able medical student, with a much greater understanding of how medicine, and healthcare as a whole work, and how all different disciplines come and work together to form a functional team. I still go back to this job in the holidays, having gained entry to medical school as a graduate student. Had I had the option then of going straight in at 18 and coming out as a doctor in 5 years, I would have said yes immediately. Having done it a longer way round, 6 years later I can say with full certainty I am a much better student, and more rounded person for it, and I would instantly choose the path I took. As is often stated, the destination is simply where you end up. The important part is the journey you take to get there.

To be honest, I dont know which of all the life lessons Ive had, is the most important, but one of the most important came from my exboyfriend of six years. It didnt happen suddenly. It happened over the course of six years. . I come from a family which is quite dysfunctional so I had no idea how a stable, healthy family actually operated until I had the chance to observe how his family operated. One thing I noticed was how much communication was going on that was actually of the useful constructive parental type to guide my exboyfriend and his brother, through life. I never had that. In my family, communication really sucked and if you screwed up, it's always your fault. . There was no such thing as understanding that sometimes life is just unfair and other people were unfair to help us shape a healthy perspective of things. . I noticed the quality of guidance they got enabled them to achieve things at a much, much faster rate than me and my own brother, who didnt lack in intelligence and motivation by comparison. It's just that without proper guidance, we made more mistakes and those mistakes actually cost us in many ways. . It was a really good experience for someone of my background seeing how healthy families operated:)

That you cant win, its best to go about your attempts quietly because if anyone, even your loved ones find out you could succeed, theyll do their absolute best to stop you. I was 8 years old and got accepted to join a junior astronauts program, my parents of all people refused to send me. They said "what would ppl think if we sent you off to a school where wed never see you again?" ironically they were proud as hell of both my brothers signing on to military service. I cant serve humanity in a non violent maner but theyd be proud as all get out to send my bros to die for a sensless cause or to kill in the name of our bs country. I should have forged their signatures and had the future I wanted

That not everyone is kind.

Yellow snow is NOT lemon flavored.

360 Degrees of Observation from the Divine Knowledge of One. Khepera, Osara

Being kind, caring and loving are the most important tools for happiness.

Be yourself.

Be true to yourself. What others think usually doesn't matter.

girls are bitches most of the time

Everyone is out for themselves.

Theres a blessing in every lesson learned.

That just because I wouldn't do it to you, doesn't mean you won't do it too me.

Stop to smell the flowers and breathe deeply when you do. :)

Do it right the first time, then you won't have to repeat the procedure.