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Tip Number 10

Never make promises. 

Promises are extremely hard to keep, don’t even promise yourself. I promised myself i would give you 21 tips to life and it is proving way harder than anticipated. 

Anyone circumstances, people and most importantly schedules change whether planned or unplanned, therefore you can never count on having the time you have now in a week. and from experience i’ve learnt that there is nothing worse than broken promises. 

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No. 9. 

Learn from those around you. 

Whether they do good or bad you can learn a thing or two from those around you. Infant your mother taught me a lot about what i should do in life as well as showing me a lot of what not to do. I say imitation is the best form of flattery, so copy me all you like, little sesame. 

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Tip Number 8: 

Never let your past define you. 

You can as Rafiki says let it hurt you or learn from it. 

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Numero seven

Do NOT hold grudges. 

Every so often the people around you will do things that hurt, and while at the time it may feel as though the pain will last forever, i can assure you its only temporary. Stand you ground, let them know how you feel. But never. I truly mean never, hold a grudge against them for this will only bring you down. 

Hears to the grudge free life. It’s great!!

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Tip Number 6

Be Ambitious. 

While those who sit back and watch each day pass will get through everyday they will do not greater than that. However those who set ambitions and be fearless in their pursuit will not only achieve things but feel great about it. 

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Tip Number 5 Stay positive😄

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I will happily step up to be that agent if you feel like helping me out and making me super rich.

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Tip Number 4

Be YOU. Noone is a better you than yourself and it's as simple as that.

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Tip Number 3

Appreciate the ones who created you.

Obviously these are my parents above not yours, but my point is to appreciate the ones who love you the most. Your parents (H&W).

I am confident that you will argue with your parents many times in your life, especially sister 1 who is super particular. I’ve argued with her plenty infact more than you would think, but that is a whole another evening of conversation. I have learnt that these arguments are normal and can infact help your relationship grow (to an extent). What’s important is not the argument but what follows.

Scenario Example: It has been a long day. A long terrible day and the last thing you need is to be told to clean your room. After all it is YOUR room and maybe you like it that way. Anyway Sister 1 will probably tell you to clean it and in your annoyed state you will most probably yell something you’ll regret in about half an hour. Something that will hurt. In my experience this generally involves the word hate.

DO NOT PANIC.

This is allowed sometimes. Maybe it was even necessary for you to get through today.

But if you haven’t been taking in what I have said so far. Now is the time to focus. Now is the important stuff.

You WILL need to apologise. The thing is that a simple ‘sorry’ is not good enough for family. You NEED to show them that you mean it, you need to show them that what you said was just a burst of anger that came out in the wrong way. Firstly clean your room, run them a bath, cook dinner, clean the house, do some gardening, wash the dogs, ask them if they need anything and i mean anything done. Because your family will be there no matter what so you have to show them that you care know matter what.

Keep them on their feet. Surprise them with LOVE.

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Tip Number 2:

Do things for yourself

The truth is that people will let you down, whether they intend to or not, this is something you will come to learn more as you grow. I hope that you become an independent being who realises that its often easier to do things for yourself than be let down by those around. Why do i believe this?

1. Waste of time. I have spent many of hours waiting. Waiting for trains, waiting for class, waiting for a response but mostly waiting for people. And this was simply a waste of time when i could've done it on my own in the first place.

2. I know what i want. There is nothing worse than asking someone to do something but having a vision of the result in your head and been let down by how they produce it (and it is not there fault).

3. It’s rewarding. Doing things for yourself has a little charm within it when you can step back, look at your work and say “Hey I really just did that”

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I'm thankful for all those who said 'no' to me. It's because of them i did it myself

Albert Einstein

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Tip Number 1

Happiness IS a choice.

Life will hand you a ton of curve balls, many of which you will see coming while some you will be blindsided by, but none should dim your light. If you brush of the small things i am pretty confident that you will be much happier than most of society, however if you choose to hold onto them you’ll be down in the dumps with many of the people around you.

Believe it or not, all the lollies, chocolate, games, friends, phones or toys in the world will not make you happy unless you choose to let them influence your happiness. Happiness does not come from around you, it comes from within you.

BE HAPPY

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Day 28-

Hey Sesame!! I won’t get to meet you for a few months yet, maybe sooner, or even later. I don’t even know whether to call you my niece or nephew, so sesame will have to do, apologies if it sticks. Over the past few months, which feel like a lifetime I have been bursting with excitement for the change that you are going to create in our family and have so many things to tell you already.  I cannot wait to spend endless times laughing with (or at) you as you learn to experience the world first hand, but one thing for sure is that although they say you learn from your mistakes I’d rather limit you learning the hard way by giving you my best 21 tips from my 21 years of life. So in no particular order here goes.

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Personal Best- This only took me 17minutes

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Day 23-

You will quickly come to learn that I am, among my other titles also the ‘innovative aunt’. I can and will find problems and then think of a thousand ways to solve them. This will often involve learning a new skill or 7. So my latest problem is the price of the ideal baby blanket, because after all you deserve the best.

How can I solve this you ask? Well I tried knitting once and that was a complete fail so I have taken to the sewing machine. After multiple trips to Spotlight and Lincraft I have found the perfect fabric (it was there the first time I went but I wanted to keep me options open). And although it took me 3.5 hours I have finally learnt… to thread the needle. So your blanket should be ready before your 18th birthday. Kidding. Yes it did take that long to thread the needle but I’ve rapidly improved since then and managed to make many blankets ensuring you will never get cold. I hope you enjoy being wrapped up cozily in my ‘made with love’ blankets and thanks for encouraging me to take up a another new skill, I will try to hold onto this one for a while (but won’t make any promises) Love Aunt Dee

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Day 20-

Hey Kiddo,

Your favourite aunt here. Yes I know big claim but im confident that is what you will one day call me so why not claim the title now before it’s too late. If you need someone to laugh at/with, dance with and be an absolute goof ball then I am guaranteed to be there. If you want to pig out on junk you will have to go to Aunt.2 , so unless you’re a junk addict which something tells me you won’t be then 20 weeks pre-birth you tells me that we are going to be the very best of friends for 4 simple reasons

1. Your stubbornness to show us almost nothing but your spine because you simply weren’t in the mood for photos definitely came from me, and hey if it’s not going to make you happy then there is not point doing it anyway.

2. My goodness you can move! I hope that the energy you have in that little space continues to grow when you’re out in the real world, because I’ve been waiting 21 years for a running buddy, someone with the same amount of energy. So I hope that you come our rearing to go and rise to the challenge of versing your ‘favourite aunt’ in every sport possible.

3. The doctors say that you are measuring taller than most! Finally.  A relatively tall family member is all I have been waiting for my whole life, someone I could share shoes with would be nice even if there will be 20 odd age difference, after all I’m sure ill also be the ‘cool aunt’

4. Last but not least my favourite attribute of yours, the creepy smile that rose to fame in the 20 week scan. Any form of accidental creepiness is welcomed into the group you will soon call family infact it is encouraged so I’m glad you’ve given yourself a head start.

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Day 12-

Baby purchase no.3. I hope that you enjoy wearing this killer cute outfit upon entering this world, sesame. Am in love with the little mittens and still can’t comprehend how small you will actually be.