If you could give advice to your younger self (say 5 to 10 years younger), what would it be?
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
*thinks*
I actually think my mom was so good at that, there is no advice I'd need to give myself that I didn't already get. Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
Most of my advice to myself involves not letting fear take over my will. *senses a Yoda moment coming on*
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Don't take the life you have for granted.
Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
Ooh, that's a good one too. *nod*
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
Don’t bother going out with so and so. Don’t help so and so with this. Be sure to say yes to this one. And here’s some stocks to buy
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
"See this book about a boy trained to lead an army? Yes... Ender's something. Throw it away. Now...see this www.hatrack.com URL? Never type it. You'll be a more productive person."
"Oh yes...and the lottery numbers for next week are..."
Posted by chel (Member # 7674) on :
Don't eat that toy, it's going to hurt coming out. Oh sorry that was more like 15 years ago.
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
It makes me laugh and cry that 5 to 10 years younger doesn't seem that much younger anymore.
Posted by Cor (Member # 4295) on :
Don't let stagefright drive you out of performing.
Posted by kwsni (Member # 1831) on :
Follow your heart, not other people's advice. Keep up with the friends you have, even if it's hard.
Ni!
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I would quote Indigo Girls song lyrics to myself in hopes that I would lighten up and relax a bit. "It's only life after all."
I would try to convince myself that the end of the world doesn't come so lightly, and that there WILL be other boys.
Oh, and I might have said "Change your major now you silly before you waste more money."
[ April 04, 2005, 11:17 PM: Message edited by: Narnia ]
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
Take it easy. Most of your insecurity is just you not letting go. Don't worry about what other people think about you (but don't get all eccentric, either). People will like you just fine if you're relaxed and secure. Also, not having a clue doesn't matter so much as you get older.
I didn't have to deal with a lot of the crap some kids have to deal with, and I didn't suffer badly from lack of identity. But I was (and still am) self-conscious, and socially awkward. But at least now I can recognize that and be OK with it.
Posted by ssywak (Member # 807) on :
Whatever you do, DO NOT GO to Uncle Bobby's farm! And when he tells you "Sometimes the sheep really needs to be pushed through the fence," DO NOT BELIEVE HIM!
Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
"Question Authority. MORE!!!"
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
I haven't made a decision in five years that I really regret.
I have made a few in the last ten that I regret, but since most of those are directly responsible in one way or another for my current life, I wouldn't risk changing any of those, either.
So if I got the chance to go back, I'd just tell myself, in those darker times, "It does get better. Be patient."
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
Me: Do what you want, if I tell you what to do you might not turn out to be me.
Younger self: I sold my liver to the shaman for that advice? I'm going to kill you!
:scuffle ensues:
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
"Don't Marry Him!!!!!"
[ April 04, 2005, 03:19 PM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
If I went back to when I was young, I cannot think of any advice that would help me be happpier that I would actually listen to. It's all stuff that I was taught in abundance but ignored anyway.
Posted by Crotalus (Member # 7339) on :
I'd just kill myself and take his place.
*paradox ensues and Crotalus finds himself stuck in a time loop*
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
That time loop would only last until you died of old age.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
"Don't stop lifting weights and exercising regularly."
Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
Try new Time Loops!
Fortified with more Chronons, Time Loops will bring more reflection into your life!
Enjoy them: again, and again, and again, and again....
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
"Work a little bit harder, geez."
"Oh, and come to love tae kwon do."
"Also, dad is wrong, anime is not a phase."
Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
Don't eat your brother's homemade sushi. Botulism ain't fun.
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
I think I'd have to quote Mostly Harmless:
quote:"This is your advice then, is it?" said Arthur, leafing through [the pages] uncertainly.
"No," said the old lady. "It's the story of my life. You see, the quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead. Now, as you look through this document you'll see that I've underlined all the major decisions I ever made to make them stand out. They're all indexed and cross-referenced. See? All I can suggest is that if you take decisions that are exactly opposite to the sort of decisions that I've taken, then maybe you won't finish up at the end of your life..." she paused, and filled her lungs for a good shout, "... in a smelly old cave like this!"
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
"You're depressed, you idiot. You know the symptoms, and you have them, so don't let anyone else tell you otherwise. Go see a doctor about it."
Also..."Relax and lighten up a bit. Socialize more. See those people over there? They're good people. Make friends with them."
Posted by Audeo (Member # 5130) on :
I actually think myself 5-10 years ago would have more good advice for me now, than I could give her. In fact I think life was better then, and I knew it too. I was very appreciative of my childhood and the potential that was before me. Trying to live up to the expectations I set in those days is what makes life more difficult today.
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
Dont pull the gear shift of your mom's Datsun just to get yourself to the front seat of the car!
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
Don't see how much you can peel out on a gravel road the week you get your license.
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
Don't drop out of college.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Don't worry. He wasn't the right one anyway. I know it feels like the world is ending and you don't want anyone but him.... But someone *better* WILL come along and he WILL marry you.
By the way... That "Saving for a rainy day" thing you're doing? Good Job. Keep it up.
[ April 04, 2005, 03:43 PM: Message edited by: The Pixiest ]
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
You're even uglier than you think, trust me, you wont get through life on your good looks.
Stop whinning, no one thinks it's cute.
...
Actually that one's pretty good adivce for me now...
Hobbes Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Echoing Farmgirl... Don't marry him!!!
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
Good advice!
*takes notes*
Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :
Just go to film school to start with. You'll really want to later, believe me. Computer animation is cool, but not as fun and easy as it looks.
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