As I supposed everyone else did when asked by Tamer to write an article with Advice to Mid-Career Researchers, I read all the previous articles in this series to understand what this paper should be about. SIGMOD Record is one of my favorite database readings; it is full of useful information, particularly the influential papers and the database theory column. However, I must recognize that I had not previously read these articles with advice for mid-career researchers, probably because I stopped being in that group some time ago. I regret not having done so, as there are many excellent recommendations not only for mid-career researchers but also, in many cases, for those further along in their careers dealing with various stressful issues. I even considered citing some of these articles here, but I think that might have been too much.