What 2010 Has Taught Me...

I do this every year, so here we go!

1. Don't let anyone or anything thing stand in the way of your dreams. Don't let what people will think of you influence your decisions. I know this seems kind of "yeah, duh", but I really learned that this year. I traveled to England to go meet my boyfriend of the first time. I had a lot of haters and a lot of supporters on the subject, and I don't regret a single second of it, only that I didn't go sooner.

2. It's ok to have insecurities about things, but don't let them control your life and keep you from living life.

3. Sometimes it's as hard for someone to tell you something as it is for you to hear it....

4. ...And sometimes you don't know what to think about that something and that's ok. Just accept and move on.

5. I'm growing up and my parents are not dealing with that well.

6. Sex is pretty awesome. I know what the fuss is all about now :D

7. "Hate on me, hater
Now or later
‘Cuz I’m gonna do me
You’ll be mad, baby
(Go ‘head and hate)
Go ‘head and hate on me, hater
I’m not afraid of
What I got I paid for
You can hate on me"

8. England is the mother country for me. I'm going to live there some day.

9. I may be repeating myself, but the truth will set you free. Don't feel bad about telling people the truth or how you feel.

10. If you can't do it, JUST SAY NO.

11. Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

12. "You’re so amazing, you took the time to figure me out
That's why you take me, way past the point of turning me on"

13. No one needs to put up with hurt from someone. Feel free to walk away.

14. As much as it may hurt, sometimes people need to learn a lesson and the only way they can do that is by you not being there for them to hurt you anymore.

15. " I understand feeling as small and as insignificant as humanly possible. And how it can actually ache in places you didn't know you had inside you. And it doesn't matter how many new haircuts you get, or gyms you join, or how many glasses of chardonnay you drink with your girlfriends... you still go to bed every night going over every detail and wonder what you did wrong or how you could have misunderstood. And how in the hell for that brief moment you could think that you were that happy. And sometimes you can even convince yourself that he'll see the light and show up at your door. And after all that, however long all that may be, you'll go somewhere new. And you'll meet people who make you feel worthwhile again. And little pieces of your soul will finally come back. And all that fuzzy stuff, those years of your life that you wasted, that will eventually begin to fade." - Iris from "The Holiday"