Wear
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sunscreen.
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If
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I
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could
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offer
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you
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only
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one
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tip
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for
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the
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future,
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sunscreen
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would
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be
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it.
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The
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long-term
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benefits
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of
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sunscreen
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have
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been
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proven
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by
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scientists,
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whereas
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the
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rest
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of
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my
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advice
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has
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no
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basis
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more
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reliable
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than
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my
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own
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meandering
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experience.
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I
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will
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dispense
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this
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advice
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now.
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Enjoy
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the
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power
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and
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beauty
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of
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your
|
youth.
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Oh,
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never
|
mind.
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You
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will
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not
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understand
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the
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power
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and
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beauty
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of
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your
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youth
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until
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they've
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faded.
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But
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trust
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me,
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in
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20
|
years,
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you'll
|
look
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back
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at
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photos
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of
|
yourself
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and
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recall
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in
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a
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way
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you
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can't
|
grasp
|
now
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how
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much
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possibility
|
lay
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before
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you
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and
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how
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fabulous
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you
|
really
|
looked.
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You
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are
|
not
|
as
|
fat
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as
|
you
|
imagine.
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Don't
|
worry
|
about
|
the
|
future.
|
Or
|
worry,
|
but
|
know
|
that
|
worrying
|
is
|
as
|
effective
|
as
|
trying
|
to
|
solve
|
an
|
algebra
|
equation
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by
|
chewing
|
bubble
|
gum.
|
The
|
real
|
troubles
|
in
|
your
|
life
|
are
|
apt
|
to
|
be
|
things
|
that
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never
|
crossed
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your
|
worried
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mind,
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the
|
kind
|
that
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blindside
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you
|
at
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4 PM
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on
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some
|
idle
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Tuesday.
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Do
|
one
|
thing
|
every
|
day
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that
|
scares
|
you.
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Sing.
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Don't
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be
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reckless
|
with
|
other
|
people's
|
hearts.
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Don't
|
put
|
up
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with
|
people
|
who
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are
|
reckless
|
with
|
yours.
|
Floss.
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Don't
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waste
|
your
|
time
|
on
|
jealousy.
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Sometimes
|
you're
|
ahead,
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sometimes
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you're
|
behind.
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The
|
race
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is
|
long
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and,
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in
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the
|
end,
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it's
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only
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with
|
yourself.
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Remember
|
compliments
|
you
|
receive.
|
Forget
|
the
|
insults.
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If
|
you
|
succeed
|
in
|
doing
|
this,
|
tell
|
me
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how.
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Keep
|
your
|
old
|
love
|
letters.
|
Throw
|
away
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your
|
old
|
bank
|
statements.
|
Stretch.
|
Don't
|
feel
|
guilty
|
if
|
you
|
don't
|
know
|
what
|
you
|
want
|
to
|
do
|
with
|
your
|
life.
|
The
|
most
|
interesting
|
people
|
I
|
know
|
didn't
|
know
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at
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22
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what
|
they
|
wanted
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to
|
do
|
with
|
their
|
lives.
|
Some
|
of
|
the
|
most
|
interesting
|
40-year-olds
|
I
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know
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still
|
don't.
|
Get
|
plenty
|
of
|
calcium.
|
Be
|
kind
|
to
|
your
|
knees.
|
You'll
|
miss
|
them
|
when
|
they're
|
gone.
|
Maybe
|
you'll
|
marry;
|
maybe
|
you
|
won't.
|
Maybe
|
you'll
|
have
|
children;
|
maybe
|
you
|
won't.
|
Maybe
|
you'll
|
divorce
|
at
|
40;
|
maybe
|
you'll
|
dance
|
the
|
funky
|
chicken
|
on
|
your
|
75th
|
wedding
|
anniversary.
|
Whatever
|
you
|
do,
|
don't
|
congratulate
|
yourself
|
too
|
much,
|
or
|
berate
|
yourself
|
either.
|
Your
|
choices
|
are
|
half
|
chance.
|
So
|
are
|
everybody
|
else's.
|
Enjoy
|
your
|
body.
|
Use
|
it
|
every
|
way
|
you
|
can.
|
Don't
|
be
|
afraid
|
of
|
it
|
or
|
of
|
what
|
other
|
people
|
think
|
of
|
it.
|
It's
|
the
|
greatest
|
instrument
|
you'll
|
ever
|
own.
|
Dance,
|
even
|
if
|
you
|
have
|
nowhere
|
to
|
do
|
it
|
but
|
your
|
living
|
room.
|
Read
|
the
|
directions,
|
even
|
if
|
you
|
don't
|
follow
|
them.
|
Do
|
not
|
read
|
beauty
|
magazines.
|
They
|
will
|
only
|
make
|
you
|
feel
|
ugly.
|
Get
|
to
|
know
|
your
|
parents.
|
You
|
never
|
know
|
when
|
they'll
|
be
|
gone
|
for
|
good.
|
Be
|
nice
|
to
|
your
|
siblings.
|
They're
|
your
|
best
|
link
|
to
|
your
|
past
|
and
|
the
|
people
|
most
|
likely
|
to
|
stick
|
with
|
you
|
in
|
the
|
future.
|
Understand
|
that
|
friends
|
come
|
and
|
go,
|
but
|
with
|
a
|
precious
|
few
|
you
|
should
|
hold
|
on.
|
Work
|
hard
|
to
|
bridge
|
the
|
gaps
|
in
|
geography
|
and
|
lifestyle,
|
because
|
the
|
older
|
you
|
get,
|
the
|
more
|
you
|
need
|
the
|
people
|
who
|
knew
|
you
|
when
|
you
|
were
|
young.
|
Live
|
in
|
New
|
York
|
City
|
once,
|
but
|
leave
|
before
|
it
|
makes
|
you
|
hard.
|
Live
|
in
|
Northern
|
California
|
once,
|
but
|
leave
|
before
|
it
|
makes
|
you
|
soft.
|
Travel.
|
Accept
|
certain
|
inalienable
|
truths:
|
Prices
|
will
|
rise.
|
Politicians
|
will
|
philander.
|
You,
|
too,
|
will
|
get
|
old.
|
And
|
when
|
you
|
do,
|
you'll
|
fantasize
|
that
|
when
|
you
|
were
|
young,
|
prices
|
were
|
reasonable,
|
politicians
|
were
|
noble
|
and
|
children
|
respected
|
their
|
elders.
|
Respect
|
your
|
elders.
|
Don't
|
expect
|
anyone
|
else
|
to
|
support
|
you.
|
Maybe
|
you
|
have
|
a
|
trust
|
fund.
|
Maybe
|
you'll
|
have
|
a
|
wealthy
|
spouse.
|
But
|
you
|
never
|
know
|
when
|
either
|
one
|
might
|
run
|
out.
|
Don't
|
mess
|
too
|
much
|
with
|
your
|
hair
|
or
|
by
|
the
|
time
|
you're
|
40
|
it
|
will
|
look
|
85
|
Be
|
careful
|
whose
|
advice
|
you
|
buy,
|
but
|
be
|
patient
|
with
|
those
|
who
|
supply
|
it.
|
Advice
|
is
|
a
|
form
|
of
|
nostalgia.
|
Dispensing
|
it
|
is
|
a
|
way
|
of
|
fishing
|
the
|
past
|
from
|
the
|
disposal,
|
wiping
|
it
|
off,
|
painting
|
over
|
the
|
ugly
|
parts
|
and
|
recycling
|
it
|
for
|
more
|
than
|
it's
|
worth.
|
But
|
trust
|
me
|
on
|
the
|
sunscreen.
|
|
|
|
|
by
|
Mary
|
Schmich,
|
Chicago
|
Tribune
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