Twenty Things I Learned at College

1. Just because someone hates me because of my religion doesn't make them a bad person.
2. Choosing to study rather than go out with friends means you'll have good grades in a major you hate and no appearances in your friends's photo albums.
3. Sentimentality is okay--in small doses.
4. "You can do anything you want" is the stupidest thing you could tell someone. "You can do anything you want more than anything--and I do mean ANYTHING--in the world" is more accurate.
5. Money should be as important as it is. No more, no less.
6. Being married made me a better student, not a worse one.
7. Snow sucks.
8. Sometimes dreams do come true, and it usually happens when the dreams you thought you had fall apart.
9. When a woman gets her degree and then becomes a mother, it makes her a better mother, not a worse feminist.
10. I'm not exceptional, and that's finally okay.
11. I can handle stressful situations.
12. Yes, high school did matter--when I was there. But I'm so glad it doesn't matter now.
13. Professors are just people.
14. God won't magically help me choose the right answer if I didn't study or make my paper write itself. But I know he's on my side, even if it's because of something as small as a parking spot in front or a sunny day or a friend giving me a muffin. And if God is on my side, the my team isn't doing too badly.
15. Dr. Seuss is the greatest literary genius of all time.
16. Love isn't a feeling, or an event, or an action. Many days, it's a decision.
17. Sometimes it's important to pay attention to the person you were when you were 5. She may know more about you than you do.
18. Doing your best isn't always good enough.
19. You have to love what you're doing, or you'll never do it well.
20. Just being me is enough.

Things Everyone Else Seems to Love and I Don't Care About

Here is a list of things that everyone else "oohs" and "aahs" about and I couldn't care less about.

1. The view from the top of a mountain. I'm too miserable and hot and bug bitten when I get there to care about what the world looks like. Let someone else take a picture for me, I'll look at that.
2. American Idol- It's glorified karaoke, people.
3. Sirloin steak - It's okay.
4. The Superbowl- It's a game.
5. Uggs and Crocs- Crocs are plastic, aren't your feet sweaty?
6. Fake nails- I never needed them, and my natural nails are prettier.
7. Country dancing- it's boring.
8. Skiing- No, I don't have an interest in taking my own life in my hands.
9. Minute details of President Obama's life and daily routine (no, I don't care what his aunt is doing, I don't care if his wife is planting a garden, and I don't care about the joke he made this morning. We're in an economic crisis and a war, newspapers. Don't you think there is something else that could take up this space?)
10. Expensive cars- the really souped-up cars just look stupid, and I'm pretty sure it means they're compensating for something.