10 Things Your Mother Never Told You

5. Don’t Expect Perfection

You will always be perfect in your mother’s eyes, so she may have glossed over the fact that the rest of the world is not set up for your enjoyment. Sorry, life’s not all sunshine and lollipops. The truth is plans can, and do, go awry. The best thing you can do is adopt a flexible attitude and learn to roll with the punches.