Reflections - things I learned from 2017

Here is the second instalment of 2017's Reflection series. If you didn't see the first post - click here.

If you want to see previous posts then the links are below:

Favourites of 2015

Favourites of 2016

Lessons of 2015

Lessons of 2016

• Always, always, always listen to your gut 

• It's okay to let people go

• Tough love actually works

• I cry at weddings

• If you let your guard down and people in, you can be rewarded 

• Despite the above, you do sometimes need to keep your guard up

• You can still be empathic and a shoulder to cry on without taking on everyone's troubles as if they are your own

• Every cloud has a silver lining, and with every difficult experience comes a lesson or a little more knowledge about life, yourself and people

• Be honest when you need help AND ASK FOR IT 

• Don't get a massage just before exam and revision period

• First, second and third impressions can be wrong

• You can miss someone you don't even really know 

• Imposter syndrome is pandemic 

• Sometimes you just know when something has to end 

• If you want something to happen - don't be afraid to go for it

• Working > studying 

• Having a place to call home is more important than I realised 

• I'm ready to stop going to the hospital 

• I can sorta, kinda "run" a 10k

• Tea-pickled eggs are not as enjoyable to eat as they are to make 

• I'm still making rookie mistakes 

• The idea of someone or something is often better than reality

• Reality is sometimes better than the idea of something or someone

• People can disappoint you and let you down

• You can expect too much from people so you end up feeling disappointed and let down

• Figuring out what you don't want is as instructive as figuring out what you do want 

• Puns are a universal language

• I could be a professional secret keeper 

• Baked goods are a great ice-breaker 

• I no longer enjoy Twitter 

• I will never grow tired of life, or of living 

• There are a lot of compliments I need to practice accepting 

• Some people don't want advice, even if they ask for it

• Some of my favourite people think I'm one of their favourite people too

• You can be surprised by who your favourite people end up being

• You can curl your hair with hair-straighteners

• Storage heaters are more complicated to understand than a law degree

• I need both the City and the countryside to stay sane

• Libraries are actually a good place to study

• I am very lucky 

• Life is still an incredible, surprising and wonderful thing (and far too much has happened this year for me to neatly sum it up in these lessons)

What life lessons did 2017 bring for you?

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