re: Best advice you wise men of the OT would give a man 24-26 yrs old?

Figure out what you actually want in life, whether that’s SO, career or where you live, and do things that get you closer to that. Life has a way of dragging you different directions than you want to go. Sometimes that gives you things you never knew you wanted. But sometimes you have to fight the current or even get out of the water to find a new path.