5 Things to Learn From Taylor Swift in the November Issue of InStyle for youth

5 Things All Single 20-Somethings Can Learn From Taylor Swift in the November Issue of InStyle

OCTOBER 17, 2014 @ 5:52 AM

BY: INSTYLE STAFF

Confident, we can’t all be blessed with singing and songwriting talent bundled in a willowy, model-like 5’9” frame, but there are things every young woman is able to do to be more like Taylor Swift, InStyle’s cover girl for its November issue, located on newsstands and for digital download now. Consider how we’ve never seen your ex stumble out of a bar drunk at 3 a. m.; how she has never had a dreaded wardrobe malfunction; and, well, how everyone only seems to really like her (as evidenced by her gaggle of famous girlfriends). Who wouldn’t want to be like that?

For November’s cover story, writer Maureen Orth spent some time with the 24-year-old pop star in her five-bedroom Tribeca fluff. They talked about her new album, 1989, how she stays so grounded, and why Swift is really happy right now without a man in her lifestyle. Here, get a sneak peek at secrets Orth gleaned about Swift’s remarkable put-togetherness, and to read the full interview, pick up the November issue of InStyle, on newsstands now.

1 . Prevent worrying about what people think. Titling her new album 1989, the year this lady was born, is “based on me learning to care less about what people think of us, ” Swift says (though she concedes that’s hard to do in your 20s). Nonetheless, “once you think about it, aren’t the people who are living their lives without having to worry about other people’s opinions having more fun than those judging them? ”

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2 . Surround yourself with true friends. Swift tells us that she and her contacts often gather at her Manhattan pad to have impromptu dance parties or maybe play games of pool-this, she says, is her social life these days. “We view each other whenever we can, and we text all the time, ” Swift says of besties like Jaime King, Selena Gomez, Odeya Rush, and Hailee Steinfeld. “It’s a lot easier to be a really great, close friend when that is the only personal relationship you have. ”

3. Don’t party too difficult. While you might not have to worry about the paparazzi hounding you, you may have a bad boss or maybe outer-circle mean girl just waiting for you to mess up. “I have friends who'll say to me, ‘The press is hating on me for partying, ’ and I’m like, ‘Then why don’t you stop partying? ’” states. “If you honestly want them to have nothing to write about, give them nothing to come up with. ”

4. Call your mom. “Calling my mom is something that kind of calms me down when I’m stressing out, because she knows I pressure out more than anyone else, ” Swift says.

5. Be picky when it comes to your partner. Because, let’s be honest, this person better be worth the sacrifice of life’s other riches (see: No . 2). “I am so good alone, ” Fleet says. “It’s not sad; it’s not tragic. ” Cheers to that!

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