What is one piece of advice that your generation could give to teenagers and young adults today?

I'm twenty but I personally have a lot of respect and admiration for the elder generation; I really like how the elderly generation seemed more patient and less impulsive, and didn't really take things for granted like a lot of folks in my generation do =(





I was wondering if there were any life lessons or advice you could share with my generation so we may have stable and happy futures =)What is one piece of advice that your generation could give to teenagers and young adults today?
I'm 46 (tail end of the baby boomer generation)





Save for retirement. You can't start too soon. It seems like yesterday I was in my 20's. Believe me, it will seem like you blinked and turned 40. Next thing you know, you'll be wondering how you can afford to retire because you should have saved earlier in life. Even if it is just 2% of your pay....save SOMETHING.





Choose your career wisely. Chose a career which you love, pays well, and has room to grow so you don't feel like you're in a dead end job. If you can turn what you love to do into a means to earn a living--do it. Life is too short to spend your days in ';prison.';





Appreciate your family; especially your mother and father. I'm only 46 and my mother and father are both dead. Spend quality time with them. Go places. Laugh together. Become friends. The time you spend with them now will provide memories you will cherish and will give you comfort when they're gone.





Chose your partner/mate/spouse wisely. ';Til death do you part'; is a LOOOONG time. When you marry someone, you marry their family, too.





To have a friend, you've got to be a friend. If you've got a true friend, cherish and protect that relationship. Work on it like you would a marriage. Sometimes your friends are your link to sanity.





Mature but don't grow up too soon. What I mean is this: Be responsible with your life and professional with your job. But in your free time, don't take life too seriously. Laughter is extremely important and the kid in you never forgets how to laugh.





Take care of your skin and body. Sure, you look good now. Who doesn't when they're in their 20's? But youth is a fleeting thing and the better you take care of yourself now, the better you'll feel (and look) later in life.





Make a ';bucket list.'; (Things you want to do before you kick the bucket). Build and change the list through the years but referr to the list often...and try to accomplish that which is on the list.





Don't have babies unless you KNOW you want them. But if you KNOW you want them don't wait too long. Children require a lot of your energy and the amount of energy you have now compared to what you'll have two decades from now is tremendously different.What is one piece of advice that your generation could give to teenagers and young adults today?
1. You never know what tomorrow will bring. I lost my sister in law in a car accident and she left a devastated family forever changed. She was still very young and it changed the way I have prioritized my life.


2. Choose your battles. If you gripe about everything you don't see what you have.You likely have plenty to be happy for. Be grateful for the blessing you have. Not everyone is so lucky.



The first thing always live your life so you will never be ashamed when you are older, always be honest, and treat people as you would want them to treat you, work hard, Don't worry so much about material things but more about things that will make you happy and make you feel worthy. Give as well as take as you go through life
Bottom line stop, look and listen because if you don't They'll have you believing all the garbage. Kids and many older people don't take time to separate fact from fiction, take half the facts and believe they know the score. Look at both sides of the issue you will . see the truth. I wanted to give you example but what do you do logical speaking Billions of people all think they are right but alas they are all wrong but the can't see it. and deny it. Keep your mind open but learn how to sift thru it.
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Love and respect one another no matter your race, gender, culture.





Live true to yourself. Value self and others. Live life fully and authentically.


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Stay in the moment and enjoy each of them.


It truly is a great adventure.


Have fun, be safe and most of all remember that this is your tomorrow so make the best decision you can.
Take a chance and don;t be afraid to fail.





i was so concerned about making a fool of myself I did not take chances with my career.





at 20, you are young enough to make a mistake and still do something with your life
My personal philosophy of life: DO work, don't MAKE work.





There is enough work that NEEDS to be done in life... so get that DONE, but DON'T waste your time making MORE work than you need to do!








Have a Senior day.
Be confident. There will never be another you, and this world is blessed to have you in it. :)





Edit: You put this in seniors...? I'm not that old, lol.
Take as many classes in ethics as you can find.
Treasure your youth - make good memories - make sure that your actions result in a clear conscience
Live for YOU and love yourself!!! There's no reason not to!





Edit: Haha! Oh crap, Jack, I just noticed that too. Oops, lol!! I'm 26, haha!!
Get an education and do not waste it. Give up the emo stuff, find a real fad that means something.
Find a job that you enjoy; no matter what the salary.





(There are about a 1000 reasons why that is important)
quit being such a goody two shoes and sucking up to us oldsters , and get out and enjoy being 20 you will be glad you did when i was 20 i was a hell raiser and a heart breaker