As my time in the Hoosier state begins to draw to a close, it's time for me to look back on this last year or so and reflect on what I've learned. This is a ritual I often do when I move from one city to another. It's good to reflect and figure out what, if anything, you've learned in a certain era of your life. If we don't learn anything we often repeat our mistakes and God knows I sure don't want that.
So here are a few things that come to mind when I think of
THINGS I LEARNED WHILE I WAS IN INDIANA
1. Small towns aren't necessarily bad; I'm just not a small-town guy.
2. If you show interest in a girl and your friends warn you that she is ka-razy, they're not just speaking figuratively. Trust me.
3. If you don't stand up for yourself, no one will.
4. You can inherit a lot of things from your parents, both good and bad, but you can also choose what traits and/or habits you do and don't want to carry on in your own life.
5. When you're away from home for 15 years you don't realize when you go back people will be 15 years older than they were when you last left. Sometimes that's a lot, sometimes it's not, depending on the person. Sometimes you're impressed to see how much someone has grown, and sometimes when someone is "all grown up" it's a little depressing if they've grown too much to have fun.
6. If you offer yourself to someone and they don't take you at face value, there's nothing you can do about it. It's on them.
7. I would rather be hurt than hurt someone else.
8. Blood is thicker than water, but friends can sometimes be thicker than blood.
9. Gas prices are way too high.
10. If there's a local coffee shop in your town, swing by there instead of Starbucks. For real.
11. You can find humor in anything. Anything. You really have to look for it sometimes, but it's there.
12. If you're good at something, find a way to do it.
13. If you've wronged someone, talk to them about it. Admit your shortcomings and ask for forgiveness. It's so much better than staying up at night thinking about it.
14. If you're going through a desert, keep walking. The oasis you finally reach will be more than worth it.
So here are a few things that come to mind when I think of
THINGS I LEARNED WHILE I WAS IN INDIANA
1. Small towns aren't necessarily bad; I'm just not a small-town guy.
2. If you show interest in a girl and your friends warn you that she is ka-razy, they're not just speaking figuratively. Trust me.
3. If you don't stand up for yourself, no one will.
4. You can inherit a lot of things from your parents, both good and bad, but you can also choose what traits and/or habits you do and don't want to carry on in your own life.
5. When you're away from home for 15 years you don't realize when you go back people will be 15 years older than they were when you last left. Sometimes that's a lot, sometimes it's not, depending on the person. Sometimes you're impressed to see how much someone has grown, and sometimes when someone is "all grown up" it's a little depressing if they've grown too much to have fun.
6. If you offer yourself to someone and they don't take you at face value, there's nothing you can do about it. It's on them.
7. I would rather be hurt than hurt someone else.
8. Blood is thicker than water, but friends can sometimes be thicker than blood.
9. Gas prices are way too high.
10. If there's a local coffee shop in your town, swing by there instead of Starbucks. For real.
11. You can find humor in anything. Anything. You really have to look for it sometimes, but it's there.
12. If you're good at something, find a way to do it.
13. If you've wronged someone, talk to them about it. Admit your shortcomings and ask for forgiveness. It's so much better than staying up at night thinking about it.
14. If you're going through a desert, keep walking. The oasis you finally reach will be more than worth it.
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