What would you want to tell your younger self?

[Kale]

You one day wake up and were given the ability to go back and talk to your young self. What advice would you give to them, or say to them?

 

[Cory]

Don't be afraid to socialize with your peers and look for new friendship/relationship opportunities.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Brush your teeth

 

[Arantor]

So many things, but I think the profundity of wisdom from the Minbari says it best: "Faith manages."

 

[Kale]

Brush your teeth

For sure. I still admit to being a bit bad at this as an adult.
Yes, disgusting I know.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

For sure. I still admit to being a bit bad at this as an adult.
Yes, disgusting I know.

It's easy to forget.

I was never forced to do it as a kid so it never became a habit as an adult.

But eventually having to get an upper denture scared me enough to take care of the bottom ones.

But I still floss as much and that's supposed to be the most important thing to do, so they say.

 

[Cory]

Oddly, I used to be big on brushing my teeth as a kid and I don't do it as often as I should as an adult. I had to get a wisdom tooth pulled once and that was no fun.

 

[Cedric]

Oh yeah, I have never been properly teached how to brush my teeth as well. That in combination of a lot of soda and sugar - my teeth aren't the greatest and I'll need a replacement in 10-15 years I recon.

That being said, I do hammer on great dental care for my children. I always try to do better for my own children then what I've had or am doing.

 

[Kale]

Yes, same here. My parents never really taught me or made me brush my teeth. It took getting guilted at the dentist to learn how. lol

 

[SpookyZalost]

Learn lockpicking, it's easy and a useful skill. Then demonstrate it by helping them open something

 

[Shortie]

If I was able to go back and give my younger self advice, there would be so much I feel I could say but only one thing that I feel would be really relevant and would help me out much more and that would be to not rush into a relationship at a young age and be pressured to move out of my parents at that age as well. Unfortunately, I did that when I was only 16 and ended up in a really bad relationship and mentally abused for 11 years before I had the courage to speak up and get out. If I could go back to my younger self and give the advice to stay away I would.

 

[Sparr]

Brush your teeth

I was very bad at this as well. I even hardly take my bath with the excuse of being cold all the time but I would keep playing all day. 😂

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I was very bad at this as well. I even hardly take my bath with the excuse of being cold all the time but I would keep playing all day. 😂

I suffered from the teeth issue later as an adult. Now I have all that fixed but it was a lot of money out of pocket.

 

[Reverie]

I would tell my younger self that I get past the trauma mostly. I make it out alive and have a good life as an adult. Dear goodness my younger self was a mess some days, but the main question I had - would I be alive after 28 - and I would tell myself yes - I make it past 28. The fear I had growing up with things truly pulled me down, and while it didn't effect me socially, it effected me internally. I wouldn't change anything though - I was quite motivated, but I think just hearing some encouragement would have helped tremendously.

 

[Jason]

Well, out struggles made us who we are and as the movie Back to the Future noted, messing with time is highly dangerous. Nonetheless, if I broke my own rules, I would advise myself to study math back in my twenties and not pursue teaching, just tutoring.

 

[Tracy]

You one day wake up and were given the ability to go back and talk to your young self. What advice would you give to them, or say to them?

Honestly... probably not to do one damn thing different. Got a great wife (been with her coming up on 40 years)... have a decent retirement, home (and property) paid for... minimal bills and great kids... can't ultimately ask more than that.
Could I have gone to college and gotten a degree in computer sciences and (at the time) made great money? Yep.. very easily could have.. but could that have interfered with what I actually lived? Yep, most definitely... I (overall) have no complaints with my life.. .it's what was granted to me and I live it simply to the fullest I can.
All I would tell my "younger" self is that each "problem" you face will simply make you stronger in the long run.
Living in the "past" is a major exercise in stupidity.

 

[otis booard]

it is a tough life but stick with it