Divine Simplicity Focus on the things that matter…sweep aside the things that don't.

Across the country it’s graduation time. Here in South Dakota many schools have already closed for the summer. Most of those that remain open will close in the coming days. Everywhere one turns there’s another grad party. What awaits all these new grads? A decade ago I wrote an articlefor my newspaper column with some advice for recent graduates.While it was aimed at high school graduates, it is also highly relevant to recent college grads. The article hasbecome one of the most popular pieces Iever wrote. I’ve received hundreds of emails thanking me fortaking the time to shareit. Therefore, I decided to republish it annually around graduation time. I hope some of you might find it useful.You can view the original article in the Tribune-Democrat news at this link:http://goo.gl/LtN72

For those who are graduating high school this year and beginning the long transition into adulthood, I’d like to offer…