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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Marrying right after college is cool and smart. You should be in that mentality.

Sleeping around aka "dating" around is gross, unhealthy, and leads to mental despair.

Your laptop, PowerPoint, Excel, email job is not actually important.

Stop being an alcoholic.

Traveling is a time and money sink.[/quote]

Some gems in here but also some very wrong stuff! Here's how I would amend:

Be ready to marry the right person when they come along, including if they come along in college or right after. Don't get married just to get married but don't "shop around" thinking there's some prize at the end of a long dating career. There isn't. If you find someone you love and feel like you can build a life with, and he feels the same way, dive in.

Sleeping around for its own sake is gross, unhealthy, and leads to mental despair. Even if you wind up dating for years, it's okay to be very selective about who you sleep with, and anyone who is put off by that is not really worth your time anyway. Dating is totally fine but you don't have to sleep with everyone.

Your office job is not only not that important, but very replaceable. Don't get sucked into working for toxic people who convince you that being very dedicated to a job where you shuffle paper or money around is meaningful. It pays the bills, and that's useful, but it should not be the core of your identity.

Alcohol is not your friend and if you cannot drink in moderation, or find yourself drinking to forget, just stop. Sobriety is cool.

Travel is amazing, do it as much as you can, but also don't feel too bad if you can't travel as much as others do -- some people really are financing the whole thing on credit cards and it will come back to bite them. Travel on the cheap and take advantage of being in a stage of life where that's pretty easy.[/quote]

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