26 Things I’ve Learned After 26 Years

I’m 26 today and I’ve posted every day since I turned 25

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I’m 26 today. And I’ve posted an article every day for the last year.

I love getting older. Love remembering how my younger self thought he knew it all. Cute. Love realising how I don’t know it all.

This my fourth year doing this, 23, 24, 25 are all there. For 23, I wrote a list like this, for 24 I wrote my principles, for 25 I wrote a list of things I was going to do before 26, before today (spoiler: they haven’t all happened, yet).

Today we’re going 23 style. Lessons learned and things I want to remind myself of for the next 26-years. Straight from the heart, soul, brain.

1. Writing is therapy

Creating is therapy, making is therapy, art is therapy, dancing is therapy, whatever gets you lost turning thoughts into something.

I switched. Switched from consuming to creating. Switched from browsing to making. I had to. My brain was overflowing. Getting lost in thoughts. They had to go somewhere.

I write every day. It’s the best habit I have. A conversation with myself every day sometimes it’s a group discussion. My multiple personalities show up, the minimalist, the capitalist, the lover, the…