Right now out there someone's feeling down on themself and don't know why

Okay, so ... I don't really know how to explain what this list is, despite the title. I read an interesting article on a self help blog about the same thing and basically ... you make a list of things you believe to be true (may or may not be) but you wish you never learned. It sounds really negative, and the deeply set truths you will learn that you hold can be really discouraging. However -- by putting them in a list, you can examine them more easily and learn that many of them aren't true at all. They are just negative falsities that you've convinced yourself to believe.

I did my list last night. I didn't create it with the intention to find something profound or point out my negative thoughts. I wrote it without censoring myself and I wrote the first things that came to my mind without a lull, and I got this list of 12 things. Some are superficial and don't have anything to do with self-improvement, but I don't think that was the point of the exercise. It supposed to be really foolish truths, like ... un-true truths. I don't know if that makes since. I just know that looking back and reading this I feel like a whiny pessimistic shallow person, and I swear I'm not. At least I try not to be. Its a list of things I have learned that I thought were true until I put them on paper and realized they didn't necessarily have to be! (Except for Elton John, because he was sort of rude to Matt Laurer and Matt is really cool, so homie don't play that.)

That being said, I have no idea what the point was. It just felt cathartic.

Enough rambling.


12 THINGS I WISH I HAD NEVER LEARNED

1. I wish I had never learned that Hollywood hates people that are bigger than a twig.
2. I wish I had never learned that in high school you are the prettiest you will ever be and it’s all downhill from here.
3. I wish I had never learned that despite all your best efforts, you can not change people’s opinions of you.
4. I wish I had never learned that Diet Coke can cause cancer.
5. I wish I had never learned that romance doesn’t last forever.
6. I wish I had never learned that people really are superficial.
7. I wish I had never learned that my sister doesn’t believe in God.
8. I wish I had never learned that Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny aren’t real.
9. I wish I had never learned that there are probably a million other girls just like me who think they are special and unique just like me.
10. I wish I had never learned that I am plain and yeah...
11. I wish I had never learned that I have a wrinkle on my forehead from sun damage from Freshman year.
12. I wish I had never learned that Elton John is a diva asshole.


I promise this wasn't meant to be negative. I'm cleansing, this is my dust bin. And some of them don't make sense. I'm sorry.