Having been fifteen for a little over six months, I have been faced
with many changes and challenges. Unfortunately,
these circumstances which I was presented with came with no instructions or
guidance; mistakes were guaranteed to be made.
If only certain pieces of information would have been revealed in the
beginning, my life would have been made much simpler.
- Value driving advice and take the criticism that you are given positively; getting frustrated and mouthing off only causes a disagreement… one that I can never win.
- Have patience with my youngest sister. When I am assailed with what seems like fifty million questions just as I am getting home, I need to realize that she only does it because she loves me, and that one day she is going to be all grown up and I will no longer have this time with her.
- Waiting until the last minute to do things is never a good idea. Whether there is school work to be done, or you are expected to have your room clean, regardless of what the task at hand might happen to be, just do it.
- Parents are much more observant than one may think; when you think that they don’t notice, trust me, they do. I have tried to text at the dinner table, but evidently discreetness is not my specialty; before the first message has even been sent, I have been found out.
- Don’t take thirty minute showers and think that it will be overlooked. In my house, there are five people, and using all of the hot water does not make for a happy night.
- Don’t forget to put back anything that has been borrowed, and never, under any circumstances, ever give it back empty. Using my mommy’s makeup is all fine until the morning that she needs it, can’t find it, and comes to me, knowing that I have taken it. When she sees a nearly empty compact, well, let’s just say that the rest of the morning is downhill from there.
- Lastly, my final piece of advice: when it is time to go, it is best to just go as you are. Even though I think that I need more time to get ready, it is better to just go with the flow and not rock the boat. Trust me, it is much better to have a bad hair day that to have a bad mommy day.
