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In 1997 Mary Schmich, a journalist, wrote a piece in the Chicago Tribune titled: Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young. Link Here Based on her experience of life, it actually gave advice to the 'young'. The words from the column were later put to music by Australian film director Baz Luhrmann in the track: Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen). There are various remixed versions of the track.
So, if you're up for it, consider yourself to be 20 years old again (or there about), difficult for some I know, perhaps disturbing for others.
We've probably all learned/experienced wonderful, dreadful, heartbreaking, fantastic things over the years. In our 20s we took some things for granted. We gave little thought to the loss of some things, thought some things would never happen, thought they only happen to 'old people'... Considering your life and experiences, if you could somehow go back and give that young man/woman (yourself), just one piece of advice, what would it be?
Obviously it's something of a paradox as if you'd listened to the advice of your mother/father/older person etc then you wouldn't need to go back as they'd no doubt have given similar advice and if we'd listened in the first place..... well, you get the gist. So for the purpose of the exercise lets assume the young person (you), are receptive to the advice.
While you're having a think, here's Baz Lurhman's track.
My advice, for what it's worth would have been, get into property development. Too late for that now in more ways than one.[/youtube]
So, if you're up for it, consider yourself to be 20 years old again (or there about), difficult for some I know, perhaps disturbing for others.
We've probably all learned/experienced wonderful, dreadful, heartbreaking, fantastic things over the years. In our 20s we took some things for granted. We gave little thought to the loss of some things, thought some things would never happen, thought they only happen to 'old people'... Considering your life and experiences, if you could somehow go back and give that young man/woman (yourself), just one piece of advice, what would it be?Obviously it's something of a paradox as if you'd listened to the advice of your mother/father/older person etc then you wouldn't need to go back as they'd no doubt have given similar advice and if we'd listened in the first place..... well, you get the gist. So for the purpose of the exercise lets assume the young person (you), are receptive to the advice.
While you're having a think, here's Baz Lurhman's track.
My advice, for what it's worth would have been, get into property development. Too late for that now in more ways than one.[/youtube]
