Idea #5: be a sage.

This idea involves sharing opinions I've heard over the years that I've either followed or blatantly ignored.

The only thing I can recall that I've really, honestly, blatantly ignored was the advice I got from my aunt during my senior year of high school: "You should be an orthopedic surgeon. They make lots of money."

Riiiiight.

Advice I've taken to heart over the years:

• Save for retirement early and often.
  
• Yellow foods (bananas, squash, etc) are really good cures for hangovers.
• Shyness is nice but shyness can stop you from doing all the things in life you'd like to.
• Don't spend it if you don't have it to spend.
• Back up back up back up back up.
  
• If you start out depressed, everything's kind of a pleasant surprise.
• The new Battlestar Gallactica is a really good show.
• Sex is the quickest way to ruin a friendship.
• Pay it forward.
• Everything in moderation. Including moderation, sometimes.
• There's nothing out there you can't do. (Even Santa Claus believes in you.)
• Forgive... but don't necessarily forget.

Pretty telling that almost half of those are infotainment-based... Anyone want to add anything?