I've been reading a lot of the commencement speeches out there.  While I am as idealistic as the next person, there are some practical advice that I think every college grad should know. Now it's been 11 years since I graduated college and the world has changed so much since then, but I wish I had been exposed to so much more so that I would have been a little bit more prepared.  First of all congratulations for making it.  You, my dear, still have a long life ahead which means you now have to start planning and working towards securing a better life for yourself and your significant other (even if you are still single.)  Planning isn't necessarily a core idea to the YOLO generation, but trust me, it will help you in the long run.