Your advice is worthless. I'm nearly 50 years old, and here are the lessons I have learned:

· Being poor as a child hurts you for the rest of your life. · Hard work never results in reward, only in more responsibility and aching joints. · It doesn't matter how smart or good you are at something if you have a personality disorder. · No one listens to you unless you are rich or attractive. · Cherish your imagination while you have it, because once it's gone, it's gone for good. · Never engage with depressed 50 year old burnouts.