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My advice:
1) Take up riding a bicycle.
2) Learn yoga. Practice it daily.
3) Read, read, read--and read a variety of things. Become a voracious reader, if you aren't already. Read books about food and nutrition, read philosophy, read the newspaper, read for pleasure.
4) Take a multivitamin. Yes, you can get most of the vitamins in a multivitamin from your diet, and you probably should, but it's always a good safety net for those days when you eat worse than you normally would.
5) Really, wear sunscreen.
6) Walk more, or use the bike mentioned in no. 1 to get around. Try not to drive, unless you absolutely have to. It's much more enjoyable to walk--it's more of a human experience, and puts you into more contact with your actual environment and the people/community around you.
7) Volunteer/get involved in your community. Give back what you've been given.
8) If you don't know how to cook, or are uncomfortable doing so, learn, so that you may eat well. If you don't have these two cookbooks, you should: The Joy of Cooking and The Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook. The former is lacking pictures and decent illustrations, but will tell you everything you need to know about food and how to prepare it. The latter has pictures and better descriptions of method. For the more advanced cook with a better understanding of method, I recommend Mark Bittman's cookbooks and his column in the NYTimes.
9) Greet life with an open heart and an open mind. Be willing to be flexible. Roll with the punches.
10) Work to live, don't live to work.
11) Get plenty of sleep.
12) Eat more fiber!
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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