23. Pay attention to outcomes when you are having “too much fun” (particularly under age 30)

This concept really didn’t sink in until I was older, and the recklessness was quite lost. The wildness of youth is changed into the judgment of age, however slowly. The uninhibited live for the moment feelings of invulnerability, the wild excitement, no looking back, or even forward, make you at that moment or moments in time still vulnerable to the ordinary laws of physics and the judiciary system. If possible, a moment or two of reflection, however brief, can avoid a whole lot of trouble, kind of like impulse control gets built in as you age for better or worse–mostly better.