To Read

Reading is a great habit that not everyone is willing to experience. To read is absolutely amazing, you meet people you wouldn't in a million years, you go to places no matter how far in space or time, you find yourself in unbelievable adventures!
There is nothing like reading for hours in an isolated place, with no company but a lazy pet and a mug of coffee. And then you realize that hours went by, and you're still there, curious about what's gonna happen to the main character, the feeling is undescribable. (And even better is when your parents brag about your reading habits, "oh my daughter reads like 40 books/year!" haha)
Speaking about parents, they should teach their children this hunger for books, this passion when getting an unread book and wondering what it's about. There is nothing worst than hearing from someone that "the movie is better" because they weren't taught about how greater literature is, overcoming the Seventh Art. I haven't watched a single movie that was better than the book, no matter what actors were in it, or who's the director. You should be the director of the movie, and when you read, that's what you become.
So, people, teach your children this passion. I can assure you: they'll speak better, read better, think outside the box, and stand up to their beliefs, which will be different from what the master of brain-washing, the tv, wants them to believe.
Well, not only tv wants people brain-washed, politicians support it too. When people receives better education, they can think for themselves and make changes, for instance, not voting for corrupt politicians. Remember, Robespierre was a reader who became the leader of one of the most important revolutions of all time (don't know what revolution was that? Read about it!).

To fail

You try and you try again and again, the only result you can get is failure. You can't get a job, a boyfriend, your parents think you're lazy and useless and you can't even eat chocolate. "I have a good family, my friends are nice" you think. But it's not enough to control your tears. You go to your room, hold your guitar and cry alone, hoping no one will listen and show up in your room to ask you what's wrong (probably because they won't understand what is like to be unsuccessful).
But then you get a text, it's your best friend saying "whats up dumbass", and that can make you smile, at least for a second. Then your dog scratches the door, and as you let it in, it licks your tears and look at you with that cute little face that says "Why are you crying when you have me?". All of a sudden you can't remember why you're crying, wash that pretty face of yours (as you realize when you look in the bathroom mirror) and answer the text: "everything's just fine, how bout you?"

Bonus:

To be eighteen

Happy birthday Mr. Eighteen

You wake up in a random morning. Look at your phone display and find out it's past 10 am and it's not some random morning. It's your 18th birthday. It's really nothing when you look at your older sibiling who's already in college and have a driver's license. But to you it is a big deal, you can do a lot of things without parenting consent!
And mostly it's all this year is about, things you have to do because you're no longer a minor, for instance, getting a job or move out (I would love to do both, but I can't afford a good place, its bills and furniture). So the pressure begins: you have to find a job, get a driver's license, get into college, and most important of all, you have to act like an adult. To hear you are not a child becomes very common, and you can't even listen to a Taylor Swift song anymore without getting a "you're not a teenager anymore, stop listening to this crap".
But it is a fact that you're not a teenager, and that fact can be proven whenever you want to get hammered, you can (unless you're in the US, then wait 3 more years or get a fake id just like an irresponsible teenager), but make sure it's on a Friday, otherwise you'll have to work with a horrible hangover or come up with an useless excuse when everyone knows you drank too much the day before. Welcome to the adult life. And don't worry, it just gets worst.

To write

I believe that everyone who reads a lot, writes a lot. Mostly because you want to make difference through the words, you wanna touch someone's heart the same way some author touched yours. As a journalism student, writing is crucial to me, and it's something I appreciate to do a lot. I have so many ideas about what to write and I'll try to put them here, but trying to imagine that no one is reading, since I'm so shy this is the only way I can peacefully say what I think. Nice to meet you, I'm Maysa, but you can call me May.