Real World lessons

i'm out of college for the past 5 years. wow. so fast. and things have settled much in my life and pretty much contented with things that are slowly opening up to me. This blog was a witness to the world i lived in since 2004 and i guess talking about the "Real" world does not actually hurt. so just a few lessons that i've learned the past 5 years out of the academic, university life.

1. the real world sucks, but you're gonna love it.

2. friends will change a lot over the years. Let them. embrace it. LIFE GOES ON. the beauty of friendship doesn't lie on the memories you made together, but it's with the memories you keep making together.

3. because of 2, make new friends! no one said that you wont find great friends in the worksphere. and friends doesnt mean of your same age. I have friends who are of the age of my parents-- and i can talk to them not the way i talk to my folks. :)

4. your first job will let you know what you want in life. if you like it, then good for you. if you dont like it, dont be afraid to be confused. It makes you realize that you are in search of something, and you want things better for yourself. Dont be contented with what life throws at you. risk with the oddest of jobs--- seriously, sometimes making those mistakes makes you realize and tick off something from "what i dont want to work for" :)

5. it's easy to say, i'll just start a business. but really, it's not. but dont let "i dont have money" stop you from opening one. it just takes ALOT of passion, love and "tiyaga" to be in one.

6. your music in HS and College will be the ones played as "oldies but goodies"-- but hey, they suddenly become music diaries-- as those notes have attached to memories that are amazingly just unearths form your brain.

7. Make time for self. and THAT doesnt include your sleeping hours. read a book despite all the report making you have to do. take a one hour class even once a week-- it will KEEP YOU SANE!

8. You will come to a point in your life that most of your friends are starting to get engaged. You'd always think of "when will my turn come? will it ever?". Seriously, i think any wedding would make you think of how you want yours to be... or how you WANTED yours to be. Be sincerely happy for your friends-- im pretty sure you want them to be sincerely happy for you too.

9. Quarter Life crisis is all true. this is the time of your life when you think of the NOW and not of the FUTURE. The present will define your future. Hence, have a DREAM. but wake up to the NOW to make it happen.

10. not because you have all the credentials of a bachelor's degree with honors, masteral degree or even PHD-- DON'T BE SCARED TO ASK FOR HELP. seriously, those who had honors and all the degrees that universities can offer are also human. So stop wanting to go back to college or high school-- when life was more simpler. Believe me, in a few years after working, those days of trying to get a job would be the simpler things in life. so enjoy.

11. Love. and i believe that love is a choice. being in a commitment is an investment of emotion and time. you really wouldn't want to risk it with anyone just because you had that "kilig" feeling.

These are just 11. and there are more. much much more.