The List.

If you feel it's wrong even for a split second, don't do it.

Trust your gut for once, goddammit.

Don't settle for bad sex. Unless you're married - then work on it. 

Don't look for an easy "out" just because worthwhile things get tough.

Stick to your guns.

It's okay to be a liberal Christian who never truly knows what she believes.

It's okay to change your mind.

It's okay that everyone thinks you're a hurricane of crazy.

You are.

But you're also so goddamn charming.

It's okay that you have bipolar disorder and got fat after using those damned antidepressants.

It's okay that, God forbid, you like your bigger body.

It's okay that you have obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Don't believe people who say "that's not who you are" because, goddammit, it is a large part of who you are, and you should celebrate it in the ways that you can

instead of hiding it, shaming it, and trying to overcome it.

Mental illness isn't curable, anyway!

Sometimes what you consider "self-sabotaging" is actually you exercising sound judgment.

Get a grip.

Go with the flow more, for fuck's sake.

Stop swimming against the waves, for once, and let them carry you to your destination.

Desire and expectation of a secure, happy future will perpetuate the cycle of your anxiety.

Don't love who you want to love.

Love who you goddamned love.

Stop trying so hard to feel things you don't.

And, one last thing?

Stop saying "goddamn" so much.

You know, as much as I know, that it's not in your vocabulary.