Maya Kachroo-Levine

I would dance more because there is no better time to learn to feel less awkward in your own skin than when you’re drunk at a bar at age 22.

She won’t cling because she has been the one who held onto a relationship that was already gone, and she knows how badly it hurts. She never wants to be the one holding on too hard. She wants to be on even footing with you.

Unfollow all of the Instagram accounts and Facebook friends that make you feel like shit. Unsubscribe to all of the random-ass e-newsletters that show up in your inbox even though you don’t remember signing up for them.

Tesla announced its plan to change how the world uses energy. They are making the “powerwall home battery” which will allow consumers to store solar energy in their homes. At some point, you won’t need to be part of electric car movement to be using renewable energy in your daily life.

Stop filling your free time with Netflix. (Start looking for hobbies that you’d actually be excited to pursue in the new year. Start looking for local language groups, or a sports meet-up in your neighborhood. Look for a pottery studio, or take up coloring. Become a regular at Tuesday night bar trivia.)

“Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight.”

People will get jobs, and people will get rejected from their dream schools. You are coming up on four months of extreme highs and lows. Remember that it’s all white noise. Try to not let it make or break you on a daily basis.

The stress that comes with splitting your life between two parents is in full-force around the holidays. When you’re a kid, your parents’ divorce is most exposed from November to January.