You’re not obsessed with that person you’re just hyper fixating. It’s ADHD.


12, 16, 19, 21



Considering taking meds for your mental health but concerned about the side effects? Consider the side effects of *not* taking them! Meds don’t turn you into someone you’re not, they lift the murky fog around your brain so you can be more yourself. It’s the depression that changes you. Meds just help you get rid of the fog.


18, 21



Psalm 37:3 “Do good and trust in the Lord.” That pretty much covers it.


9, 15, 21



“When you are not fed love off a silver spoon you will learn to lick it off of knives.” Lauren Eden (poet)


0, 20



Highly recommend book about math and multiplication techniques:“The Best of Times” by Greg Tang.


10



You may lose a relationship but you keep the love. It becomes a part of you. It changes you for the better.


15, 19, 21



Build something beautiful.


13, 21



You are a miracle. Take good care of yourself: Mind, body and soul.


21



It’s okay to feel jealous. Totally normal, totally human. Just never act on jealousy.


12, 14, 16, 19, 21



Three things you cannot change: The past, the truth, someone else.


18



Success = liking who you are, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.


14, 17, 21



My favorite Chinese food order is chicken Kung Pao, shrimp fried rice and beef lo mein. That way we all get a little of each meat.


16



Check out School of Rock (Vienna) or Bach to Rock.


9



So you want to be a writer- then write. Anything. Play around with it. Journal. Fiction, non-fiction, biography, obits, blogs, plays, tv pilots, whatever. You will probably suck at it. Keep writing. Write more and more. You will get better, you’ll find your flow. This w


16, 21



There’s a difference between looking cool and being cool. A person who wants to look cool is trying to impress other people. A person who is actually cool is true to himself /herself. Dress how it makes YOU happy! And fun fact, it’s those people who are the most well-liked because they sort of give others permission to be themselves…and everyone wants to be seen and liked for who they really are. So if you want to be popular remember three things: Be kind. Be yourself. Don’t judge


12,15



Avoid love bombing.


15, 17, 21



Look for glimmers. The opposite of triggers. Feels of elation, belonging, peaceful contentment. I just watched you glimmer as you delighted in your first Crunchbox. “I made this!!!”


12, 15, 19, 21



“It’s best if we don’t speak for a while.” Practice it


19, 21



“You will encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.” -Maya Angelou


17



The bull-sh*t never ends. Dealing with the bull-sh*t IS your job. If you think you’ll ever reach a “post-bullsh*t stage in your life, you’re wrong.


12, 15, 19, 21



They’re gonna be pretty mean to you for a few years. Love them, if only to spite them! (ha ha)


11. 12, 13



Play this every year between 12-21. https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPd2b593U/


12, 14, 16, 21



Your body and brain are always trying to protect you.


17



You are not your thoughts. Focus more on your choices / actions.


17



Go for walks together as a family before or after dinner. Sometimes we go for distance, sometimes we call them "safaris" and look for as many living creatures as we can find.


4



“Pick a problem - any problem,and do something about it. Because to somebody who is hurting, ‘something’ is everything.” -Oprah Winfrey


12-16



Practice sitting still and quiet. Make it a game. Helps with focus and impulsivity.


4-7



Help him write a letter to someone in power if he has a question or concern about something he sees going on in the world.


7-11



Numbing doesn’t work. Let it hurt, let it heal, then it lets itself go.


15,21



“You will use up everything you got trying to give people what they want.” —- Nina Simone


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