1.Everything is interconnected.The gravity and length of my hangovers are directly proportional to my age. Incidentally, the amount of drinks my body can take is also directly proportional to my age and gravity and length of my hangovers. A childhood lesson from my dad makes sense after all!

2. Life is indeed unfair. I also realized that the amount of food I eat is not what makes me gain weight faster as I get older, it’s the fact that I eat-period. Lesson: You can have your cake, and eat it too-but you will also be wearing it.

3. Listen to your Elders. You know those senior citizens that exercise or do taichi in the park that we either find so cute or love to make fun of? Well, they know what they have to do. The older I get the more I realize that working out, or some form of physical activity is integral and inescapable in our lives. I was very athletic growing up and at one point I just stopped. Now, although my body easily gets used to physical activity, my desire to eat, drink and be lazy is always at odds with my inner Jane Fonda.

4. Stay away from the bad boys. I’m relieved that I got over my attraction to the dark side, because I realized that the bad boys I thought were so cute, are actually bad eggs forever. Proof-ten, twelve, fifteen years later and they are exactly the same. Mysterious turns into ridiculous if you have been doing it for over a decade.