What is something you wish you would have done sooner (details)?

1. Quit drinking earlier. It was a big problem in my life a good ten years before I finally quit at age 30.

2. Had confidence to date women earlier. I didn’t have a real girlfriend until I was in my late 20s (see #1 above for why I didn’t date consistently).

Wow @zenvelo.

Differently @OP, or earlier?

I mean earlier.

Gotten socially smarter.

I would liked to have taken better care of my teeth. Brushing 2x a day and no pop.

I’d like to have switched to veganism earlier, but it’s also much easier these days.

I should have dated more.

So many things, some more serious than others, I guess.

1. eaten healthier, so that maybe I could have avoided getting diabetes (But that might have happened anyway, since my mom and her mom before her had it, and both ate very healthy.)

2. not gotten rid of as many books as I have in the past, because now I wish I had them to read again. (The OP’s question made me think of this because I used to have most of the Star Trek novels – the original ones – but then I got rid of them at some point and now I want to read them again.

3. Finished school sooner, but related to that, discovered how much I love computer programming. I didn’t take my first programming class until I was 40 or so, and then got a two-year degree in Computer Science. But with my worsening eyesight and health, I don’t know that I will ever continue on with my schooling.

Don’t get me started!

LifeQuestioner, I recently bought quite a few ST books and some OG magazines from the 70s. I had to travel 3 hours to a used book store in an amish town.

@MakeItSo1701 As part of my Christmas present (we are always running behind), my sister is taking me to lunch at a restaurant about an hour away, and then we will go to a really nice used bookstore across the street. I am hoping to score some more Star Trek novels!

Let me know!!!! So exciting. Viroqua, Wisconsin (it is so far from me I don’t mind sharing) has a bookstore called Driftless that has over half a million used books. Metaphysics is its sister store, I got the comics there.

If you ever find yourself in Wisco, thats the place to be for books.

@MakeItSo1701 thanks! And, wow! A half a million used books?! Not that I would go there before I move.

And I still have some comics, although I got rid of my Marvels years ago (another thing I rue.) I still have about two boxes of DC comics, mainly Batman, but just don’t have the money to collect like I used to. I actually subscribe to either Marvel unlimited or DC unlimited online, where you can read all the back issues, many of which I never would have been able to afford. I alternate between the two companies, depending on what I am reading at the time.

Definately took control of my gealth, as in nutrition. Looking back I poured so much into caring for my mom I completely neglected myself and my marriage.

@KNOWITALL that makes me think of caring for my own mom the last few years of her life. I did the best I could, but since then I’ve learned so much more about dementia, that I wish I could go back and implement some of it.

I should have embraced nerd culture when I was young. I wish I would’ve gone to a comic con earlier.

Okay same though^ I am still too shy.