Kuala Bierlein

About me:

You're strange
♥ And you're beautiful ♥

If I could offer you one piece of advice for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proven by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now...

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. ...Oh, nevermind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But, trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now, how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.

You are NOT as fat as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future, but know that worrying is as about effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in life are apt to be the things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside at 4P.M. on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing everyday that scares you.

Sing.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts and don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and in the end, it's only with yourself.

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. Some of the most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives; some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don't.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be nice to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the Funky Chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. You're choices are half-chanced...so are everybody else's.

Enjoy your body. Use it any way you can. Don't be afraid of it or what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.

Dance. Even if you have nowhere to do but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don't follow them. DO NOT read beauty magazines, they will only MAKE YOU FEEL UGLY.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings,they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but to a precious few, you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps between geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need people you knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in California once, but leave before it makes you...soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths: prices WILL rise, politicians WILL philander. You, too, will get old, and when you do you will fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble, and children respected their elders. Respect YOUR elders.

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse, but you never know when either one might run out...

Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia; dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts, and recycling it for more than it's worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.