If you could give your younger self one piece of advice, what would it be?
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You are way more valuable than you think you are.
Don’t open that door!
(Sorry, I’m in a “whitty” mood right now.)
Breathe – it is okay to be different.
It’s all going to work out in the end, worrying now isn’t worth it.
Leave in July 2002, don’t wait.
School is important. Start thinking about a career now, before it’s too late. You dont have as much time as you think you do.
Don’t take that job in Fall of 2007. It will ruin dramatically change your life.
Do not wait for someone else- it is YOUR life
I’d give you some advice, but I know you won’t listen anyways…..
You can’t fix yourself; don’t be too proud to ask for help.
Never stop believing in yourself and always take life one day at a time.
Finish college, even though it seems like forever. It sure beats working in a grocery store for 13 years because you have no degree.
Failing that (so to speak), don’t wait fifteen years to go back. It really is easier when you grow up.
So…,you been studying a lot!-
Do you really believe in all that?
Stop trying to please the world
Don’t be so hard on yourself. Let go of the guilt.
I would’ve told myself to wait and watch with regards to women and love. Maybe, if my younger self listened, it could have saved me some time, and some pain.
nothing
I like where I am now and wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for the really stupid things I did and the lessons I learned. It would be wrong of me to deny my younger self all that experience.
So nope, I’m not going to tell my younger self about my future struggle with weight, the older men, the people who took advantage of me, and how she’ll have to start taking pills for depression when she’s 12.
Let her be young. I believe she can do anything she wants to without my advice. :)
Fuck a lot of women, kid. Not just one woman – a lot of women.
This is always my first answer when advice questions come up.
But really, I’d tell myself to fight harder and avoid liquor on one specific night.
Don’t you DARE eat the boiled shrimp at the 1989 Superbowl party.
Joy is as profound as responsibility. Have both.
Read more, and make some friends.
@eponymoushipster: If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.
@TitsMcGhee i’m very happy that someone knew what i was getting at.
I actually just mentioned it in another thread! Suuuuch a great piece :)
“The problem with youth is that it is wasted on the young” – Some Wise Old Guy
Stop bitching. It’s not that big of a deal. Oh, and don’t marry that guy you’re going to meet in April of 2005.
@DrBill: Oh myyyyyy… You’ve heard correctly! :P
You’ll never be as free to do what you want in your life. Do purely what truly makes you happy and ignore the naysayers. Don’t be afraid to try new things ‘cause the bad times melt away with time, while the good times will be harder and harder to come by.
There’ll be plenty of time to do what you’re supposed to do when you grow up. Be yourself while you can.
Find your other family and go live with them.
That woman is lying; you are a good person. Don’t allow her to guilt you into hating yourself.
Don’t be afraid of people, everyone on Earth is not that woman. DON’T LISTEN to a word she says about you. Treat yourself as though you are worthwhile and that you’re as good as other people – because you are.
Do what is in your heart to do. You are not selfish for wanting what you want, you want it for a reason.
Don’t be ashamed; it wasn’t your fault. Learn to like yourself now rather than 25 years from now.
no advice…just it’s gonna be ok one day
@jbfletcherfan
Same here.
Let go of your personal biases and prejudices, that you have against others and yourself.
@JamesL Why is it so easy for other people to tell you it’s okay, but you can’t convince yourself?
“You have no idea how awesome you are! Just breathe… You’ll see.”
@jbfletcherfan
I think primarily that we are constantly striving for perfection, and have a hard time accepting that we are not perfect. It’s the inner cynic in all of us. We have to look forward and not back, accept our faults and learn from them. I just convinced myself recently. So life has gotten a whole lot better.
@JamesL Yes, I understand that. My guilt will go back 10 years come October. It’s taken me this long to try to sort things out in my head. Think I’ll ever get there?
Don’t marry her. Trust me, dude.
@JamesL Thanks. I appreciate that. :-)
Keep your dick in your pants, stay away from drugs and study your ass off.
@ChazMaz WOW. You said a mouthful there. Very good thoughts to live by.
Yes, what I have found is that there is plenty of time for all the above.
Youth is fleeting. Take that precious time and use it selfishly to better yourself. So, if and when you do decide to “live it up,”
you have the resources to afford it. You will also be wiser to make better choices.
@ChazMaz I have a family member who I’d sure liike you to drill that home to!
Well, as the saying goes. “Youth waisted on the young.”
For sure. Adults know nothing, you know. Like they say, let the youth run the world now while they know everything.
Don’t Date Kris Holmquist, Jk probably just to have fun enjoy life, i don’t have any regrets.
“Don’t try smoking, ever.”
Not even a little weed?
Ok… Ok… Yes, don’t try smoking, ever.
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