To a younger me

A couple of weeks ago, I had a conversation with one of my coworkers who is single and without kids. I recall telling him that if I could give any advice to my younger unmarried self, the first thing I'd say is "travel, travel! Travel!!" Well, that conversation got me thinking about what else I'd say to a younger me. I came up with the following:

• Enjoy yourself, and I mean thoroughly enjoy yourself. Go to parties, hang out with friends, meet new people, don't be too serious, and more importantly, don't take yourself so seriously.
• Cut yourself some slack. You're not perfect so don't be too hard on yourself if you mess up in any way. Pick yourself up and keep it moving!
• Laugh more. Laugh a LOT, in fact.
• Travel! With friends, solo, whatever. Especially solo! I took only one or two solo trips but I always really enjoyed myself. I should have taken more solo trips instead of being swayed by others around me who kept harping that solo trips are weird. Be you, Do you!
• Be more spontaneous! Hmm, using the term "more" leads one to assume that I was at least a little spontaneous, which unfortunately was not the case at all. So I'll rephrase that and say Be spontaneous!
• Take risks! financially, in business, you name it, you take it!