What advice can I give, a year after graduating, to those who will soon follow in the footsteps laid by so many before them on the shining (for some, falsely) pathway of post-collegiate life? I think my advice would be bank account related. Do things that keep it on a manageable and respectable scale. If it gets too empty, do something to fill it. If it gets too full, do something to thin it out. Life does not revolve around money, but money seems to reflect life. If you have too much or too little, you're probably unhappy. Don't thin out your money at the horse track after drinking a bottle of champagne, however. I saw a man in this condition laying pant-less in the grass screaming "boobies" and being severely beaten by a small child. Avoid situations where you are pant-less in public and where you may be vulnerable enough to be kicked repeatedly by a young boy with a Superman shirt on.
Avoid people who rank Dan Brown's The DaVinci Code as the best book of all time. This means avoiding the entire country of New Zealand.
I seem to be giving a lot of advice on things to avoid, but that is honestly a large portion of the wisdom I have gained in surviving the planet for 23 years. If you can simply stay out of the way, life tends to busy itself troubling people who are stupidly standing on the metaphorical tracks, seeing who is brave enough to piss on the electrified central rail.
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