34 Things I’ve Learned at 34

1. The most important asset I have in life is my family and friends. the rest I can do without.

2. Every time my mother told me to wear a hat or put sunscreen on – she was right.

3. She was most likely right about everything else too.

4. You only really start to appreciate your mom when you become one yourself.

5. Nobody tells you how hard it is to be a first time mom. On the other hand – nobody can really describe how absolutely gratifying it is.

6. There’s no point getting annoyed about your partner’s annoying, unchangeable qualities. You have plenty of those too.

7. The best decision I’ve ever made was marrying him.

8. It’s never too late to make some new friends.

9. It doesn’t matter how much trouble I took, I will never ever regret something I did for a friend.

10. You can buy me anything – but what I really need is an extra hour a day

11. It doesn’t matter how good I felt about myself that specific day, If the picture was taken over five years ago, I will definitely ask myself what the hell I was wearing and why did I leave the house looking like that.

 

12. When I’ll look at recent pictures ten years from now I’ll miss how thin and pretty I was, so I might as well start feeling good about myself right now.

16. If you’re getting a tattoo you might regret in a couple of years, get it over your shoulder where you won’t be able to see it.

13. Bottom line – It doesn’t matter what you really look like when your young child who just started talking says “mommy’s pretty”.

Lily wearing No Biggie clothing

14. If I could change just one thing about myself it would be to add just 4″ to my height. But since I can’t, I’d rather take comfort in the fact that I feel way more comfortable on planes.

15. I will never wear everything I packed.

17. A second after I finish painting my nails, something unexpected will always happen, forcing me to ruin my nails. So I opt for giving it up entirely.

18. I can leave the house without my mobile, wallet, keys – but never without mascara.

19. There are two main ways to become successful – having lots of luck or working really hard. I choose the latter.

20. Nobody owes me anything. If I’m to be happy, if I achieve what I set out for – that’s up to me entirely.

21. The years have taught me that instead of dreaming big and setting far-away goals, I much rather dream a small, achievable dream and build myself and my business one small step at a time. That way, once I realize one dream, I start looking for the next one right away.

photo: Tali Dovrat

22. The best way to keep your work accurate is to be loyal to yourself and not try to be anyone else.

23. Business advisors can give plenty of good advice – but at the end of the day, the decisions and repercussions are yours and yours alone.

24. I feel most creative when I have set boundaries.

25. I simply can’t walk by a set of markers without arranging them according to color, but my office desk will forever stay messy.

26. Instead of fighting unnecessarily, I choose to believe in karma. It will take care of whoever deserves it.

27. Imitation isn’t a form of flattery, it’s just annoying. This is what we have #26 for.

28. Since I believe in karma and honestly think that good things happen to good people, I try to always be as good as I can be. Well, most of the time at least.

29. If I think it tastes good, it probably has tons of butter in it.

photo: Tali Dovrat

30. It’s always better to try. I’d rather make mistakes, learn from them and move on than to give up an opportunity to do well.

31. The best things happen when you stop being troubled by them and just let them go.

32. I try not to regret anything I’ve done. But if I do, it’s usually regarding things I didn’t do rather than things I did.

33. Looking back, I mainly remember the experiences, vacations and generally the more unusual moments rather than the mundane ones. That’s why I try to introduce as many of these moments as I can into my day to day life.

34. At the end of the day, the talent I’m most proud of is my ability to park in one go, even in the most tight of parking spaces.