2 different Apple ID's on a Mac mini?

hi. I just got my first Mac. A mid level Mac mini. It is updated to the latest OS XYosemite 10.10.2. It set up perfectly.
it was purchased for ny wife, but of course, I will maintain it. I see a guest login so that has me wondering if I could use that to have my info on that computer as well.
I set it up with her as the admin with her Apple ID. We both have iOS devices and use them all the time.
so is there a way to set myself up with my Apple ID, and it not get mixed up with hers. Especially contacts getting mixed together, that would be bad. That did happen several years ago as iOS newbees

"guest login": don't use it for what you want. Each time you log out of guest account, it deletes all the files in this account.
You can only have one Apple ID at a time for Photo Sync, iTunes, Safari sync, iCloud keychain per account, so I suggest you create an account for each of you, each with a different apple ID.

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