5 Things

One of my Pharm D buddies at work made a rather interesting observation last week. He thinks there are 5 things that must happen to every person before they can really become an "adult"... these things might all happen to someone by the age of 20, but other may not experience all of them until they are 50! At first I thought his theory was pretty out there, but after finding myself thinking about these things all week I am starting to think he might be right!
There are certain life events and situations that happen and teach you more valuable life lessons than others. Some people do really well at learning from other's mistakes, but these 5 things must happen to you in order to learn how to overcome them and build yourself up on your own. These are things that you can't learn by them happening to other people... Each one involves losing something and then building yourself back up to a stronger, wiser, more adult-like individual. Read these, think about them, and then just keep thinking... eventually you might start to think my co-worker is right!

1. Get cut from a team

2. Get in a fight and lose

3. Get your heart broken

4. Get yourself into a really big mess and get yourself out (debt, law, school)

5. Almost marry the wrong person