I would tell myself that life doesn't always turn out like we plan, and that is ok. I would advise myself to have more fun, enjoy life more, talk more, eat less, and let things go. I would also tell myself that if I want something, I should go after it, but also be willing to let it go if it doesn't work out. I would tell myself to let go of grudges, and work things out with people when we have a disagreement. I would tell myself to love more, laugh more, and do what makes me happy. It's my life, and I'm living it for me - no one else.
I would have had to have kicked my butt!!! Turning 40 in a couple weeks...and seeing where I am now, what I have, who I am...I could have done things so much differently...and successfully. There are certain things I wouldn't change, but I would have saved more money instead of partying it away and wasting it on things I didn't need. I may have started taking care of my health earlier so I wouldn't be in the shape I am now. Hind sight is great, but it's the here and now I have to deal with and try to make it down yet another long, hard road. But it's not over yet. I'm sure I'll make more mistakes and I'll have successes, too. Right now, I'm in the success mode trying to learn how to get around and do many things in different ways. I'm hoping this is one time I make the right decisions and don't do anything I'll regret in my older years...which are rapidly approaching.
I would say stay in school just as long as you can. It will open doors. I would say do not get married untill later in life. Go out and enjoy life while you are young
"Do not get serious with that jerk, Bruce. It will never work out. You will waste several years of your life with him.....and then wish you hadn't.--------Just wait it out. You will eventually meet Lenny and you will love him very much."
As many mistakes as I made, I would not change much.
If I had not made certain mistakes then I would not be where I am today. My daughter would not exist because I'd have never been in the place that I met her father. Etc. I wouldn't dare change much of anything for fear of changing everything.
I would tell my younger self to appreciate and spend time with people now, while you can, because you never know when they will be gone for good.
Danielle, I think I would have said the same thing you did.
But, had I stayed in college and majored in early childhood education as I planned (and hated), my life would have taken a very different path and I would not be doing what I am doing now, which I love.
It is the things that happen to us along the way that shape us and bring us to who we are at this moment.
Personal observation: it is fun to be me. I don't know if I would have had this much fun at this point if I had changed anything as I was growing up.
Yup, I'm almost 40 and I'm saying that (you'd think I would have learned).
Follow your dream, work hard, and you will make it. Don't believe just because "no one" gets published that they're right. Who the heck published all those books you've read your whole life?
A teacher with passion and a person who has the satisfaction of pursuing their dream is better than one stagnant and wishing...
2 pieces of advice: 1) BEFORE you go in business with a partner, check his or her credit rating first. If their credit rating is low, then say no way and walk away. It is hard enough to start any business without dead weight! 2)Really count the positives about being a Jehovah's Witness, before you look at the 'negatives'.
WOW! That is a good question. I would have stayed in college(I eventually went back at age 45), would not have worried about what everyone else thinks and just been more of myself. Not put up with some abusive asshole because I thought he was all I deserved. To have went after things, had more fun, worried less, loved more, taken more chances and not always worried about what my Dad would think!!!! Also not gotten into financial ruin because of some man who professed to love me and ended up ruining my credit, all in the name of love.....LOL
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These words would have been so helpful. ;)
Hind sight is 20/20! This made me smile.
If I had not made certain mistakes then I would not be where I am today. My daughter would not exist because I'd have never been in the place that I met her father. Etc. I wouldn't dare change much of anything for fear of changing everything.
I would tell my younger self to appreciate and spend time with people now, while you can, because you never know when they will be gone for good.
But, had I stayed in college and majored in early childhood education as I planned (and hated), my life would have taken a very different path and I would not be doing what I am doing now, which I love.
It is the things that happen to us along the way that shape us and bring us to who we are at this moment.
Personal observation: it is fun to be me. I don't know if I would have had this much fun at this point if I had changed anything as I was growing up.
Second, if you marry him, get yourself laid properly over the next 21 years because he will be cheating.
Oops, did I say that?
Yup, I'm almost 40 and I'm saying that (you'd think I would have learned).
Follow your dream, work hard, and you will make it. Don't believe just because "no one" gets published that they're right. Who the heck published all those books you've read your whole life?
A teacher with passion and a person who has the satisfaction of pursuing their dream is better than one stagnant and wishing...
2)Really count the positives about being a Jehovah's Witness, before you look at the 'negatives'.