For some reason, university graduation is seen as the appropriate place for general life advice—although you might hear deeper and more robust thoughts from an older roofer than from Randy Pautsch, actually listening to him would violate Ecclesiastes 9:16, and 24 centuries after קֹהֶלֶת we aren’t willing to act better.

Besides “wear sunblock”:

  • don’t plug things into things into things, especially if the wiring in your rental is old. Fires start that way.

  • don’t leave the space heater on when you’re asleep. Fires start that way.

  • don’t cheat on your spouse/___friend. have the guts to say you want to end things first.