1. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be IT

2. 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

3. I will dispense this advice now

4. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth

5. oh nevermind

6. you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded

7. But trust me

8. 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

9. You’re notas fat as you imagine

10. Don’t worry about the future, or worry,

11. but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum

12. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind

13. the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday

14. Do one thing everyday that scares you

15. Sing

16. Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts

17. don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours

18. Floss

19. Don’t waste your time on jealousy

20. sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind

21. the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself

22. Remember the compliments you receive

23. forget the insults

24. if you succeed in doing this

25. tell me how

26. Keep your old love letters

27. throw away your old bank statements

28. Stretch

29. Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life

30. the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives

31. some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t

32. Get plenty of calcium

33. Be kind to your knees

34. you’ll miss them when they’re gone

35. Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t

36. Maybe you’ll have children,maybe you won’t

37. maybe you’ll divorce at 40

38. maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary

39. what ever you do

40. don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either

41. your choices are half chance

42. so are everybody else’s

43. Enjoy your body

44. use it every way you can

45. don’t be afraid of it

46. or what other people think of it

47. it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own

48. dance

49. Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room

50. Read the directions

51. even if you don’t follow them

52. Do NOT read beauty magazines

53. they will only make you feel ugly

54. Get to know your parents

55. you never know when they’ll be gone for good

56. Be nice to yoursiblings

57. they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future

58. Understand that friends come and go

59. but for the precious few you should hold on

60. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get

61. the more you need the people you knew when you were young

62. Live in New York City once

63. but leave before it makes you hard

64. live in Northern California once

65. but leave before it makes you soft

66. travel

67. Accept certain inalienable truths

68. prices will rise, politicians will philander

69. you too will get old

70. And when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders

71. Respect your elders

72. Don’t expect anyone else to support you

73. Maybe you have a trust fund

74. maybe you have a wealthy spouse

75. but you never know when either one might run out

76. Don’t mess too much with your hair

77. or by the time you're 40

78. it will look 85

79. Be careful whose advice you buy

80. but, be patient with those who supply it

81. Advice is a form of nostalgia

82. dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal

83. wiping it off

84. painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth

85. But trust me on the sunscreen…

86. Adapted from Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)by “Baz” Luhrmann

87. Images courtesy ofdeviantart

88. byVictoria Wong