What ten things you would say to yourself ten years ago or someone who is ten years younger than you are now?

1. Spend more time with your parents. You never know how long you will have them for.
2. Spend more time with your siblings too.
3. Open a savings account and really put 100$ or more every two weeks into it. Really. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, but a good, solid savings account can save you a lot of trouble.
4. Go ahead and have fun. Enjoy not having to spend your money on anyone but yourself, and enjoy not having any responsibilities, because sometimes they sneak up on you.
5. When life hands you too much to handle, don’t be afraid or ashamed to speak up load and ask for help. Sometimes a little help can prevent a big problem.
6. Don’t max out your credit cards. They are next to impossible to get under control.
7. If you have the luck to get said cards under control, don’t go on a spending spree because you think you can. You can’t.
8. Take a last minute, whirlwind trip out of the country. You might regret having never done it when you had the chance.
9. Don’t close your heart to the right person, and don’t open it to the wrong one.
10. Don’t pretend to be someone or something you aren’t. Be true to who you are, even if who you are changes hour to hour or day to day. Make sure you discover who you are, and never let that go, because knowing who you are, and what you believe in, and what causes you would die for, is probably the most important thing you can know and might be the only thing you know for 100% certain.