46 Things I’ve (Almost) Learned As I Turn 46
Written by Christine Da Silva
1. My happiness is my responsibility.
2. Take care of your health before it becomes your mental illness.
3. No response is a powerful response.
4. Sometimes things don’t get easier, you just get stronger.
5. Always listen to your intuition, even if it scares you.
6. Teachers don’t know everything. Mine told me spelling was important and that I’d never carry a calculator in my pocket.
7. Expect nothing and you will never be disappointed.
8. Being a mom is only a small part of who I am.
9. Actions need to match effort.
10. Some people come into your life when you need them, they don’t always need to stay.
11. I am, always have been and always will be enough.
12. My deepest wounds did not come from my enemies.
13. You are never too old.
14. It is never too late.
15. Peanut butter cups taste way better frozen.
16. Real queens fix each others’ crowns.
17. When you see something, you like in someone tell them.
18. I don’t have time is a bullshit excuse.
19. A Stop Doing list is just as important as a To Do list.
20. Music is so much better at full blast with the windows down.
21. My alone time is for your safety.
22. I survived all the days I thought I wouldn’t.
23. Pictures will become more important, get in them.
24. Some people don’t deserve an explanation.
25. No one is making it out of here alive.
26. I would rather have your time then your money.
27. “No” is a complete sentence.
28. Just one more page/chapter is the biggest lie I tell myself most often.
29. Your opinion of me is none of my business.
30. The glass isn’t half full or half empty, its refillable.
31. If they want to they will.
32. Always choose happiness over history.
33. I am not my thoughts; I am the watcher of them.
34. Lessons repeat themselves until you learn them.
35. There is always light after darkness.
36. My children have taught me more than anyone else.
37. The universe will whisper to you until she needs to scream to get your attention.
38. The secret to happiness is to always have a vacation booked.
39. My boundaries only bother those who don’t respect me.
40. Theres always 3 sides to every story, your side, their side, and the truth…or the screenshots.
41. Somethings are not worth the jail time.
42. Getting older is better than the alternative.
43. What you allow will continue.
44. I am forever learning.
45. Nothing changes if nothing changes.
46. Eat the damn cake!