The things I have learnt by 25

The things I have learnt in my 25 years of being alive:

•  Spending time alone is one of the best things you can do for yourself. 
• It is of the upmost importance to have a group of wonderful people who you love and love you in your life, so that you can ring them up at 2am broken hearted, or invite them over to drink wine for breakfast (its a thing, don't judge.) 
• Always eat breakfast. 
• Most things taste better than skinny feels. Dieting only leads to unhappiness. 
• Doing yoga makes me feel like I'm extra alive. 
• Your exboyfriends are your exboyfriends for a reason, and no matter how much you love them, you probably will not run off into the sunset together, even if sometimes that sounds like the most wonderful thing in the world to do.
• Set your own levels of what self respect means. If people don't agree with them, its none of their business, its your life, your body, your responsibility.
• Throw a lot of dinner parties. This will be one of the greatest keys to happiness.
• Always be ready to admit you are wrong.
• Boys that don't message you the next day after a date, or even that night, to tell you they had a totally rad time, are not at all worth your time. Life is too short for games.
• Speak your mind, all the time.
• Be romantic, even if it is just for yourself. Go out on a limb for love, and if it doesn't work dust yourself off and laugh about it with your friends (we have all turned up at someones work place with a rose on valentines day only to be rejected.....right! right?)
• Your friends don't have to like the same things as you. They don't need to dress the same as you, live the same as you, or care about the same things. They do need to be encouraging, strong individuals who don't care if your a mess, and will always help thatch a plan when you are a mess.
• Call your parents....like a lot. 
• Don't date artists. Its just so much work, and they might make you cry a lot.
• Don't date chefs. They are all alcoholics, and are probably dating three other girls. 
• Don't date wine makers. You will never have their full attention. Wine is so romantic and lets be real, no one can compete with a grad cru Burgundy. That is their first love, not you. 
• Fall head over heals in love as much as you can. It may end badly, but who cares, at least you lived!
• Remember that life is short. Ponder this. Act on this. 
• Doing things leads to thing happening. So do things. Even if they seem insignificant. 
• Everyone always says 'follow your gut' but sometimes you just wont know what to do in a situation and will have no gut feeling, and thats ok too. Choices are just choices and its ok just to make decisions randomly at times when you don't know what to do.
• Its also ok to do things that aren't the 'right decision'. The number of times I have said "This is a really bad idea, and Im super excited for it" is ridicules. Sometimes messing up, or not doing the conventional thing can be fun. Life doesn't need to be plotted out in a logical sequence of events. 
• When grown conservative grown ups ask you if you are going to get married soon, put on your sternest face and tell them you have three boyfriends and can't pick one. It will throw them off topic and confuse them. 
• Don't feel obliged to fit in. 
• When you make bread make sure the water isn't too hot or too cold. 
• Do the things that sound wonderful to you, like becoming a pastry chef/winemaker/writer.