Here’s what an “okay boomer” has to say to young people and it may not be what you think I’ll say

My young co-worker OD’d to his death on Friday night. Might have been an accident, but at the very least, he was self-medicating. He wasn't the greatest at the job, but he was such a sweet guy, and I wish his world had been a better one.

That got me thinking about what I’d say to young people, given all the mistakes I’ve made in my 62 years. I know. I know. “Okay, boomer,” but what I’m going to say might not be what you think I’m going to say.

Education

Nice to go to college if you can afford it. Don’t go if it gets you or your parents into debt. Whether you go to college or not, read everything you can get your hands on, except the Bible, but I’ll get to that later. With that exception, the most interesting and talented people I know are well-read.

If you were home-schooled, get into a GED program and try to get a year or two of community college. You need to learn something not filtered by an agenda. Home school programs are based on a political agenda. If there was no agenda, were you left in front of the television? A lot of home schooled kids were just kept from school, and not actually home-schooled.

Also, learn how to do stuff, how to make stuff, how to rehab stuff. There’s a man on Tik Tok who says you don’t lack good stuff because you’re poor. You lack good stuff because you’re lousy at being poor. He shows people how to make treasures…