Rewind
 

Rewind your life back to when you were 18. What would you do differently? Anything you know now that you wish you knew then?

If I knew then what I know now, what an exciting new series of fuckups would have

awaited me.

Very well put OF. ha ha

If I would have done something differently then I would'nt be where I am now and I like the feeling of where I'm at now.

Much, but I most likely wouldn't understand it any better now than I did the first-go-round.

I've made a lot of mistakes since that time...but I'm not sure I would change much, if anything, because I wouldn't want to chance losing what I have now--a man who means the world to me, and two children who are the light of my life.

I'd be able to change some things that weren't really my fault but affected me in a big way, mostly dealing with college.

I would change things education-wise. I wouldn't drop out of college at the end of my third year to start my family. I'd make sure I had a fallback position and I'd open my eyes to reality. Of course, when I was that age, I was a completely different person than I am now and I honestly doubt I would have been able to be convinced that I should have done anything differently.

I've had alot of bumps and bruises since I was 18. But looking back, I see how each one has brought me closer to where I am today...and more importantly where I am going tomorrow. So I'm not sure if I would change the events themselves, but I would change the way I looked at them and my attitude at the time.

I would have taken better care of myself and maybe have pushed myself harder to attend the college I was accepted to.

I wouldn't have had an abortion. I would have told my parents and faced their consequences instead of being afraid of them.

you know what they say, hindsight is 20/20.....................

Fate has had a funny way of taking chickenshit and making chicken salad for me. I've had some real screwups but have managed to land on my feet. Even in the face of troublesome times I have two anchors who keep me grounded and headed forward. I'd love to have gone on to college and maybe made wiser choices but for the life of me I can't say my feeble financial or social status takes away from the rewards I've reaped from raising two of the best kids I know of. Proud Pop? Yep, damn right... and I'm still pushing. I just enrolled back in school to try to finish my degree. I start tuesday evening. Who says an old bear can't learn new tricks?

(((((((((((((BigBear57))))))))))))))))) Yay! You can never have too many study buddies;) If you ever have issues you think are related to being a returning student and want to chat, please PM me. I'm proud of you too!

i DAMN sure wouldn't have married so early and i would've taken that scholarship! also would've put more emphasis on friends

Would have tried harder to relax and have fun with others.

i really don't know. isn't that lame?

I woudn't have been quite so driven ~ I ahve no idea why I ws in such a hurry to grow up. I also might have sown some wild oats a bit longer...although honestly it took me until I was about 26 to love myself and my body, so I am not sure I would have really done it.

I would have learned to be more independent...and wouldn't have made the mistakes I did just a couple years ago for sure. Probably would have tried to have a child earlier.

I wouldn't have done a single thing different!

I am happy with how I turned out. :) I am happy with what I accomplished, created, and cultivated.

Sure I could have done a few things differently and certainly shouldn't have said a few things I have said, but if I didn't do it that way I never would have learned because with every mistake it has made me wiser, and I would have never learned a damn thing without falling and floundering along through my life.

I often think that I would have been better off sticking with my original choice of higher education, since I went back and am getting my masters in it anyway, but then I think had I stuck to my first choice, I probably wouldn't have followed the path I did. And while it was rocky, and seemed unbearable at times, I'm darn happy where I am now. Other than having ten weeks left before I am done with my masters, I wish the ten weeks were over!

Then there is the choice of career over family, and right now I'm happy with the career choice. Someday I may grow to regret it and want to turn back time.

I would take a few more chances in the efforts of attaining lifelong goals/dreams ....

would have flirted a bit more often and been willing to look silly or less than perfect in things that I would be doing.

i would sort out the denile i was in at that age and hopefuly save my self alot of trouble in the folowing years