Note to self...

Note to my ninth grade self:

• Keep up the running.


• Don't be a dick.


• Do the hard stuff, yes, it's harder, but doing it now will help you later.


• Try something new, you're too young to get stuck in a rut.


• Listen to David Gerulski.


• Don't let work, or having a job, define you.


• Eat healthier. You'll never be in better health.


• As you get older, your computer skills become much more important, wrenching cars less so, but don't abandon either. Also, learn some home improvement skills while you're at it.


• Your mom is awesome. But not infallible. Be nicer to your dad.


• 90% of your friends from High School are gone and forgotten by the time you're 20. This is ok.


• 80% of the friends you make after High School are gone and forgotten by the time you're 30.


• The remainder? PRICELESS