You stop taking so much rubbish from people and learn to say no. You stop compromising your happiness just to listen to someone who doesn't care about yours. You take what everyone says with a pinch of salt and start noticing when people go out of their way to waste your time/ take the piss out of you.
I also look at every girl and irrationally wonder why they are not doing exactly the same as me. Makes me feel like a future Madame!!
Things also start to slowly seem like really good value for what you can realistically afford.
Feeling like your inner activist flares up when people say what someone like yourself does is really easy and requires no skills beyond 'laying on your back'.
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