Giving Compass' Take:

• Eight years after graduating college, Libby Kane writes for Business Insider about the regrets she had, including not seizing enough opportunities.

• It's worth looking back on all major milestones, so we can inform others in similar circumstances and do better ourselves. Many organizations would do well to perform a similar inventory of "five things done wrong and one thing done right."

• Speaking of college, is there any way to cut down costs? Here's how philanthropy can help.

I graduated college eight years ago.

Sometimes, it feels like a lifetime ago, and sometimes, it feels like last week. I loved college, and I've morphed into one of those tedious adults who, upon hearing that some poor unsuspecting teen is heading to college, starts gushing about how wonderful it is and how they're so lucky and how they should enjoy every single moment or else.

Seventeen-year-olds love talking to me.

But on the other hand, when my friends and coworkers and I reflect back on those years, all of the things I would do differently if I had the chance become glaringly obvious. I suppose it's youth wasted on the young and taking opportunities for granted and all of those other things people bemoan of millennials — or 20-year-olds of any generation, really.

Here are the things I did wrong:

  1. I didn't seek out half the opportunities that were available.
  2. I didn't plan ahead.
  3. I didn't prioritize adventure.
  4. I didn't immerse myself in tradition.
  5. I didn't get a clear picture of life after college.

But there was one big thing I did right: I appreciated how lucky I was to be there.

Read more about college advice by Libby Kane at Business Insider