Advice to the Young

If you're under 30 and you have a craving for adventure, just go do it. You'll probably never have such a great opportunity again.

Go backpacking across Europe or Asia. Walk across America. Go work a summer job as a wrangler at a dude ranch. Do it before you have kids or a job that you'd be a fool to leave. Do it while you've still got time, before life ties you down, before sensibility destroys your ability to throw caution to the wind. There will always be time for college and a "serious" career, but the window to really taste life is very small indeed.