“22 lessons I learnt from the breakup that nearly broke me at 22. 1. Its okay to cry. Cry like theres no tomorrow. 2. Its okay to wallow in your sadness. 3. Dont beg them to come back, EVER. 4. Some nights are hard to get through. 5. Some days youll break down again, thats okay. 6. Its okay to lean on your friends. 7. Everyone deals with things in different ways, at different times. 8. Dont look at their social media, it only makes you feel worse. 9. Dont ignore their pictures, look at them all you need to. Yes, it will make you cry and thats okay too. 10. Dont ignore your emotions, accept them for what they are. 11. Its okay to be angry or hurt or confused. Its okay to be emotional. 12. There will come a time when you need to get up off the floor and start living again, accept it when it comes. 13. Keep busy, keep people around you keep talking to people. Distract yourself it helps a lot. 14. Even when you think youre over it and youre doing okay, you will suddenly miss them¦. you will break down again. That is okay too. 15. Listen to sad songs, eat junk food, eat no food, drink tea, pray, cry, kick, scream. Do what ever it takes to make you feel better. 16. Dont attack them, dont message them, dont send angry messages to them or bash them on social media. 17. Forgive them when you can but never forget how they made you feel. 18. No message is also a message. Remember that. 19. Some days you have to resist the urge to call them up and talk to them. 20. Its okay to avoid things that remind you of them for a while. 21. Break stuff, smash stuff, burn stuff. In moderation of course. Get it all out. 22. If they left you, its their loss. Learn from your mistakes, learn to live again. Grow and accept that this part of your life is over and its time for a new path. A new journey.”
