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josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,220
edited July 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
would you live your life the same way you have lived it to this point or change certain aspects of it ...

me i would def change things but would wan't to end up exactly where i am now but i would like to at least go back and not be the teen i was ,anybody else feel the same way ...
jesus greets me looks just like me ....
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  • SnakeSnake Posts: 2,605
    Yea, I was much timid in the past. I think I missed out on stuff because I didnt just relaxe.
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    if i knew then what i know now ;):)


    there are several things i'd like to do differently....too many to list :)
  • in_hiding79in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    I would NEVER take that first sip of Dr. Pepper......:p
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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,220
    well me i just think that i was such a dick allways wanted to hang with what i thought to be cool kids now in retrospect i wish i had not ..
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • elmerelmer Posts: 1,683
    josevolution wrote:

    me i would def change things but would wan't to end up exactly where i am now but i would like to at least go back and not be the teen i was ,anybody else feel the same way ...
    Absolutely. I was a total wanker at times, although now I can figure how certain paths taken were maybe inevitable, or probable. Thing is, if you weren't who you were then, could you be in the same situation now?
  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    cutback wrote:
    if i knew then what i know now ;):)


    there are several things i'd like to do differently....too many to list :)


    I have wayyyyy to many to list. lol
  • comebackwomancomebackwoman Posts: 7,271
    Most of the things i would want to change about my life aren't things I would have the power to change anyway. For the most part I wish I had the power to change some other people's choices. I know I could have dealt was some things in different ways...and as to whether or not I would want to go back and change them...that depends on the kind of day I'm having.
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  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Good question.

    It's easy to say that you would do one or two things different but then where you would have wound up in the present?

    I guess the answer might be - if you're unhappy now, sure get crazy with your time machine and fuck with some things and see if you wind up better off.

    If you are happy now, tread cautiously in your time machine, or you might wind up miserable or dead.

    Plus, you might run into your future and/or past self, and as we all know, that will cause the universe to blink out of existence...
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  • PaukPauk Posts: 1,084
    Snake wrote:
    Yea, I was much timid in the past. I think I missed out on stuff because I didnt just relaxe.
    Same. I'd definitely be more outgoing.
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  • SpunkieSpunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 6,773
    I would have chosen not to be born.
  • failedpersephonefailedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    I would ask someone to TRY for me...instead of leaving my pride intact...just in case it would have mattered.
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  • WhizbangWhizbang Posts: 1,314
    I'm happy with who, what and where I am in my life. How I got here may not have been easy, there may have been easier roads to travel....maybe more interesting roads (ie - going away for college instead of commuting) or safer than the ones I took. But I'm here....I got myself here....I am mine. If I did things differently, I might not be where I am today.
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Yeah, there are a few regrets so far but fuck it, I'm young. No point dwelling. Given the choice I'd do a few things differently but I'm not going to yearn for something that's never going to happen.
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  • illegal pantsillegal pants Posts: 13,471
    no

    only reason i'd want to go back in time is to re-live past events...

    that's it
    wah
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    I'd live out groundhog day...
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  • catwomancatwoman Posts: 256
    I would have lied about my age and gone to Woodstock (I'm talking the first one here).
  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    there's a few major things I'd change.
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • JordyWordyJordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    very few thankfully. but i do have some VERY specific ones....and theyre things i can still "put right".

    and putting those things right is my plan of action for the time being (just finished college and not working, so have time to do this).

    the regrets that you can fix are the ones worth thinking about.

    fuck yeah i feel pumped now :)
  • PJaddictedPJaddicted Posts: 1,432
    Knowing what I know now, I wouldn't change and thing except....I would love everyone in my life more deeply, be more in the moment and enjoy the little things in life. Once those you love die....the chance is over.

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  • OffHeGoes29OffHeGoes29 Posts: 1,240
    I would go back in time and tell myself to punch more people in the face to get the message across.
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  • AllieAllie Posts: 2,908
    Oooh I love these types of questions.
    After I watched the show Journeyman (which I hope they put out on DVD-it was amazing!), I think I wouldn't change anything, b/c I believe everything happens for a reason,
    and if I changed anything I wouldn't be where I am today and I'm supposed to.

    BUT

    on the other hand, I deeply regret not having children earlier in life and for the most part, I think if I had a do-over I would do that over. Everything else I've accomplished seems meaningless w/o a partner and a family to share it with. I want to be a mother more than anything else in the entire world.
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  • edvedder913edvedder913 Posts: 1,810
    Allie wrote:
    Everything else I've accomplished seems meaningless w/o a partner and a family to share it with. I want to be a mother more than anything else in the entire world.


    well then by all means do it!!!!! You do not have to have a husband to have child, it is 2008 and completely acceptable to be a single mom. Don't live your life regretting something that you can easily accomplish. seriously. :D

    as far as me - off the top of my head:
    *I would have gone to Rhode Island School of Design like I wanted
    *I would be an interior designer
    *and I would have lived in NYC for a few years
    *and I wouldn't have married my ex husband ;) but I would still want my fabulous little guy so I guess the 2 sort of go hand in hand....

    Jose - you a dick? I can't imagine :eek:
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    I'd have probably stayed in college. That's about it.
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  • AndyMandersonAndyManderson Posts: 167
    Nothing major I would change. There's just a few things I missed out on that I would like to go back and be able to do, like some concerts I missed and such.
  • AllieAllie Posts: 2,908
    edvedder913 wrote:
    well then by all means do it!!!!! You do not have to have a husband to have child, it is 2008 and completely acceptable to be a single mom. Don't live your life regretting something that you can easily accomplish. seriously. :D

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    thanks :)
    I don't want to start a fire storm of debate but expressing my views.
    You do need another party though, I can't do it myself! :D I don't have that person, that's what I meant.


    I don't have the financial means to have or raise a child right now. I don't even have health insurance.

    In keeping with the topic, what I regret is that I didn't do it when I was younger and in a different life situation than I am now.
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
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  • small town becksmall town beck Posts: 6,691
    South of Seattle wrote:
    I'd have probably stayed in college. That's about it.


    Me too.

    A few small things but they are what made me who I am. I think I am stronger for it.... but I am going to stop enabling people.
  • GraySaturdayGraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    I would have waited to get engaged and married. I wanted it so badly, I don't know what I was trying to prove, that I was so grown up, or something.. but I made such a deal over it..

    I totally love my husband, and I DO NOT regret getting married or anything, but I did suffer through a lot of crap to do about the wedding and stuff, and I wish it hadn't been so important to me.

    I also would have dual majored in college if I could have. I spent a year and 1/2 being an Education major, but I went through with the degree in Art. Now I am doing art on the side and trying to be a teacher, but that won't happen till I finish my master's degree in education so I can get certified to teach. Ah, hindsight.
  • Slip KidSlip Kid Posts: 1,175
    kinda pointless because it could never happen.

    Don't dwell on past mistakes, just don't repeat them in the future
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  • Urban HikerUrban Hiker Posts: 1,312
    cutback wrote:
    if i knew then what i know now ;):)


    there are several things i'd like to do differently....too many to list :)

    Ditto. Knowing how things will turn out if you make certain decisions would play a huge part in the reshaping of my life as I know it.

    That show that was on the air briefly a few years ago, Do Over (?), had me daydreaming for days on how I would redo things.
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  • SENROCKSENROCK Posts: 10,736
    josevolution wrote:
    would you live your life the same way you have lived it to this point or change certain aspects of it ...

    me i would def change things but would wan't to end up exactly where i am now but i would like to at least go back and not be the teen i was ,anybody else feel the same way ...
    I'd just like to go back in time......for a day or two.
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