Sixteen Things I Learned at Sixteen The past year has been a year of growth. I have gone from someone who allowed people to walk all over me, to someone who acted recklessly, to someone with a voice. Sixteen is a year of awkward situations, sense of self, and realization. Here are sixteen lessons I learned at sixteen: 1.) People are not medicine. I’ve heard this quote a million times and haven’t been able to quite understand it until this year. When we are going through hardship we tend to turn to those close to us and clutch onto them, clinging onto living in the moment rather than dealing with our emotions. It’s not until you lose those people or you’re alone in your room at 2:00 A.M., crying to a song you used to love that you will understand this lesson. 2.) Tea is an amazing thing On sleepy mornings where you are so tired you feel displaced from the world, there is nothing that kickstarts a good day like a hot cup of tea. …