Blogging is a great way to provide tips and advice to each other.
I wouldn't ask anyone to do anything I wouldn't do myself.
The biological clock and the career clock are in total conflict with each other.
My parents made us dream that we could be anyone that we wanted to.
There is nothing like a concrete life plan to weigh you down. Because if you always have one eye on some future goal, you stop paying attention the the job at hand, miss opportunities that might arise, and stay fixedly on one path, even when a better, newer course might have opened up.
Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent.