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51. Subscribe to your campus newspaper and have it delivered to the office
52. Only drink from stadium cups
53. Mac and cheese…does a body good
54. Accept the wholesomeness of your dysfunctional life
55. Have a tiny streak of self-destructiveness
56. Reincorporate alcoholic drinks eliminated from your repertoire due to some bad experience
57. Like at so many parties, relearn the skill of peeing outside: a. Guys – anywhere b. Girls - squat position or using a car bumper
58. “Parent proof” your place
59. Extend your second childhood or start a third
60. Float a keg
61. Endeavor to make the most of your existence and then roll over to sleep for a little while longer
62. Get behind and stay that way
63. Do not climb the corporate ladder…take a turn on the slip & slide of life
64. Simplify - If all your crap cannot fit in a pickup truck…time to chunk some
65. Eat plenty of pizza: any style, anywhere, anytime, any temperature, but for less then $10 max!
66. Create a new X-roommate file
67. Hide liquor
68. Put your soul up for sale on EBay
69. Steal a street sign…place over your bed
70. Just think of where you currently live as “off campus housing”
71. Rekindle hatred of your alma mater’s arch rival…and make those in your office who graduated from there suffer…just for the hell of it
72. Embrace that 8 o’clock classes sucked then…now 8 o’clock meetings and conference calls both suck and blow
73. Do I have to tell you to ditch work like a 3 hour lab?
74. Dust off the morning after promising never to do "that" again
75. You’ll need accomplices…in returning to college dark path, take someone down with you
76. Wearing boxers in front of just about anyone is again acceptable attire
77. 2.0 and go; it kept you in school…work only just as hard as it takes NOT to get fired
78. The tech geeks in the office, although better paid then you now, were computer lab creatures in college and they still deserve your disdain now…unless you are a techie. In that case, congratulations on choosing a major worth a damn!
79. If it cannot be delivered or microwaved then don’t have anything to do with it
80. Don’t repeat mistakes in judgment. If you are going to pass out, make sure the magic markers and video recorders are put away.
81. Shack often. It is no longer the walk of shame, but the strut of pride
82. In this renewal phase of your life…it is okay if 99% of the stuff you come up with to do for mischief is a misdemeanor…but try and stay clear of felonies
83. Hopefully it's still needed, but return with some sort of birth control on your drug store runs even if it's not
84. Acquire some club entrance ink stamps. Sport many of these temp tattoos every morning on your hand
85. Pranks – soap a fountain, t.p. a house, crank call, duct tape someone…let your heart guide you
86. This can also be very therapeutic: Sometimes it takes waking up naked, floating on an easy chair in the apartment pool with an oversized cowboy hat and mega phone to start the healing process
87. Reacquaint yourself with the wisdom of Jimmy Buffet
88. Denial - What quarter life crisis?
89. Don’t bother with the whole looking for a normal life…just how the hell do you define normal anyway?
90. Develop a case of senioritis…use as a sick day excuse
91. Admit it. You have a thankless job and you’ve also got a lot of old college Karma still to burn off
92. Use corporate lessons for something useful. Develop your own mission statement and paradigm down shift your way to a better, bolder and "less giving a damn" you
93. Time for a decision. The chainsaw consultants in your office are becoming younger than you. Of course, so are the office college interns. Which would you rather hang out with?
94. What office could not use the antics that a fine super soaker can bring?
95. Just think. Any of the above you accomplish while at work…they are PAYING you to do – sweet!
96. Whatever happens, don’t become a statistic. For instance: The college class of 2010 is 60% female. How does your workplace stack up with those figures?
97. On a side note…if you do all of this, you’ll probably get arrested at some point and that is a good thing
98. If it did not already precede you, acquire a bad reputation, uphold and nurture it
99. 401ks, mutual funds, the Dow…are you chatting about these things on a daily basis? What happened to you man?
100. Answer to the above: You made a mistake – you grew up!

And the number 101 way to always have a college mindset… Remember, college students have 130+ days of vacation – you get 10-15! Use them wisely.

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