Katie Chironis

12. i got a minor plastic surgery in 2017, something so subtle 98% of people would never notice. i spent so much time feeling guilty and ashamed for "wanting" plastic surgery. fuck it-- life's too short. look the way you want.

13. you are allowed to end a relationship with a perfectly nice, reasonable, cool person because their directional vector in life doesn't really align with yours. you don't have to have a "reason." if you feel it, you feel it. you'll both be better off in the long run; trust me.

14. sometimes long-term romantic compatibility isn't obvious at first. you can look at someone and think "lol, they're cute but no way" and then 5 years later you're married?!

15. it's ok to engage in things that are fake but still delightful. like horoscopes. or the bachelorette.

16. never prematurely carve out things that you will or won't do in life. you will certainly be wrong. and maybe some of the things you decided you'd "never" do are actually awesome.

17. vice versa, don't listen to others who tell you that you'll "never" do something. things others have told me i'd never do: write code for a living, move back to california, work at riot.

18. in rare circumstances all this baggage you've accumulated is useful; it helps you be more empathetic, see disaster before it strikes, and make great art. but most of the baggage is just baggage. set it down.

19. you will have various moments where you realize that you were, in fact, the asshole in a situation. it's healthy to have a lot of these, to the point where you can coexist peacefully with that knowledge rather than letting it crumble your identity.