Your time at Baylor will teach you many things. You’ll leave with a degree and a load of wisdom you never knew you didn’t have when you first arrived. Let one of those lessons be this — being on your own to a certain degree is a part of life. Independence is a good thing, necessary even, and doesn’t have to be a lonely feeling.

I think about how much more time and freedom I would have with more money. Money is able to buy a lot, including happiness. It may not be directly related, but it makes a difference.

I don’t care what others think, and you shouldn’t either.