1)  Use your debit card instead of making ATM withdrawals to avoid the fee.

2)  Ramen noodles have no nutritional value.  And healthy meals CAN be made fairly quickly.

3)  Just pull your shirt over that belt.

4)  Try not to worry too much about what other people think.

5)  Try not to worry too much about your age.

6)  Not everybody is trying to search your computer.  Also, you might be a little paranoid.

7)  Not ALL vegetables assault the senses. Try this with a little cheese.

8)  Reciting W. H. Auden is fine, but it’s okay to learn the work of other poets too.

9)  One thing at a time.

10)  Breathe.

11)  “What did you eat today?”  (You should eat more.)

12)  Don’t freak out if I sound like your mother.  (“WHAT DID YOU EAT TODAY?!!”)  I am not “in collusion with” your mother.  Also, you may be a little bit paranoid.

13)  Sometimes there is a bit of a fine line between chivalry and sexism.

And last, but not least, the oft-revisited imperative:

14)  SOMETIMES THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE DO NOT SAY OUT LOUD.