It's getting to the end of the semester, and I'm supposed to be looking back at what I've learned, and how I've changed. A think a list is the simplest way to answer this.
1) Don't procrastinate. You do NOT have time to finish off a list of fifty things in the last three weeks of class, even if you do have things planned out.
2) Learn to do taxes. You won't have your mom or dad around forever to do them for you.
3) Learn what and how to write things off.
4) Homework is more important than Youtube, or Reddit, or Facebook...
5) Perhaps this blog is more important than you think. Maybe, just maybe, people are actually reading this...
6) Approach people, because they will not approach you. People don't bite... most of the time.
7) Don't compare yourself to your favorite author. You'll only feel bad afterward. Sure, aim to be as good as they are, but never compare.
8) Your CV will never get better until you stop moping about it and actually do something about it. Not all, if any, magazines will care about your current CV, so don't think it reflects your skill, or how they will view your work.
9) If you write something, it means something to you. Even if it's a fantasy piece that has absolutely nothing to do with this world, it still means something to you. Make sure people know that.
10) Even if it's just to bring joy and happiness to people, your work means something. (Note: I hate and struggle against the idea that speculative fiction is not real literature, or not real writing. Just because it doesn't always hold a message, or relate to real life situations, doesn't mean that it's not worth reading and writing, nor is it the easy form of writing.)
11) Learn to talk! If you can't speak up in a class of ten peers, how will you speak in front of an audience of strangers?
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