SOME ADVICE PART I
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.
The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.
I will dispense this advice now:
- Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh nevermind, you will
not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have
faded. But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of
yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much
possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.
- Don’t worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is
as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things
that never crossed your worried mind. The kind that blindside you
at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
- Do one thing everyday that scares you.
- Sing
- Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with
people who are reckless with yours.
- Floss
- Don’t waste your time on jealousy
- Sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long,
and in the end, it’s only with yourself.
- Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insult. If you
succeed in doing this, tell me how.
- Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
- Stretch
- Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your
life. The most interesting people don't.
- Get plenty of calcium.
- Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.
- Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have
children,maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll
dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. What
ever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate
yourself either . Your choices are half chance, so are everybody
else’s.
- Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it,
or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument
you’ll ever own.
- Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living
room.
- Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.
- Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for
good.
- Be nice to your siblings. They are the best link to your past and
the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
- Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you
should hold on.
- Travel.
- Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it
will look 85.
The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.
I will dispense this advice now:
- Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh nevermind, you will
not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have
faded. But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of
yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much
possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.
- Don’t worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is
as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things
that never crossed your worried mind. The kind that blindside you
at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
- Do one thing everyday that scares you.
- Sing
- Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with
people who are reckless with yours.
- Floss
- Don’t waste your time on jealousy
- Sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long,
and in the end, it’s only with yourself.
- Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insult. If you
succeed in doing this, tell me how.
- Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
- Stretch
- Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your
life. The most interesting people don't.
- Get plenty of calcium.
- Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.
- Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have
children,maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll
dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. What
ever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate
yourself either . Your choices are half chance, so are everybody
else’s.
- Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it,
or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument
you’ll ever own.
- Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living
room.
- Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.
- Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for
good.
- Be nice to your siblings. They are the best link to your past and
the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
- Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you
should hold on.
- Travel.
- Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it
will look 85.
