Consider what you value. Act accordingly.


10, 14, 17, 20



Be teachable. If you walk around thinking you know it all, your career and relationships will suffer. Consider how much you have to learn and welcome any opportunity to learn. “Teach me” instead of “I don’t know.”


16



We’re all just so delicate. It’s just our nature. Treat others (and yourself) accordingly. Even/ especially the ones that seem to be tough as nails or sharp as wire. Try not to lose sight of that.


13, 16, 20



People want to be heard. Listen to your clients, even when they're upset. Don't make excuses or anything, just let them talk. They mostly just want to be heard. Once they're calm, you can solve the problem.


21



Micro-internships. Check out Parker Dewey for ideas.


16, 17, 18



Be thankful for opportunities to be of service. It means God is trusting you to help.


8-14



Go to Montgomery County Fair


5-14



Read “Lighter” by Yung Pueblo. Read it every year.


17, 19, 21



Just do the next right thing. One step at a time, you’ll get there.


13, 18, 21



Sex isn’t something you “score.” It’s not a competition. Whether the encounter is casual or within a committed relationship it’s something that is shared.


16, 19, 20



Defending yourself from a bear: NEVER run from or turn your back on a bear. Remember the rhyme: “If it’s black, fight back. If it’s brown hit the ground, if it’s white like Similac, frozen bear gonna send u back.” - Mamadou Ndiaye


16



Guard your health and fitness as if it were your most valuable possession. (It is.)


14, 17, 21



“If the pain was deep you will have to let it go many times.” Yung Pueblo from book Lighter


15, 18, 21



Test


1-2



1

Sponsor a child in a developing country. Write letters, learn about their country and their life.


8



Music, arts, words or dancing can have a profound effect on the spirit. Let's find something that gives you chills!


11-14



Kindness is magic.


11, 15, 21



Worry less about molding them and focus on loving them.


2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21



Check out O.School Originals for sex-ed resources.


14



Don’t bring a complaint without offering a solution.


17, 19, 21



Tragedy may occur in your life, but it does not need to define your life. YOU get to do that...through the choices you make. _______I know you’ll make good ones. xo


19



Anger is the bodyguard of sadness.


12-15, 21



Just let them be who they are. Enjoy getting to know them.


1-21



Shirts and pants don't go into the laundry inside-out. From now on, they will be responsible for turning their laundry right-side-out. Will help instill that laundry is not done by the laundry fairy.


4



A dear friend of the family used to swear by the many healing properties of Seabreeze (alcohol based astringent.) She’d prescribe it for everything from sunburn to bug bites, rashes and scrapes. it stung like heck but she was right: The stuff is a miracle! I always keep a bottle Seabreeze around and think of Mimi every time I use it.


18



None of us should ever have to apologize for being who we are.


10, 14, 21



Your great-great grandmother was a seamstress at Marshall Fields. Her husband was a firefighter in Chicago. The immigrated from County Wexford in Ireland.


10



Look into language school. Now is a good time to start learning Chinese, Spanish or Arabic.


5-8



Getting your drivers license will depend not only on government requirements (age, passing tests, etc.) but also maturity and trustworthiness.


14