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If, somehow, you ran into a younger version of you what advice would you give yourself?

Iwould tellmy younger counterpart to take more risks. I'verealised that I should now but I wish I had started doing this earlier.

If, somehow, you ran into a younger version of you what advice would you give yourself?

Iwould tellmy younger counterpart to take more risks. I'verealised that I should now but I wish I had started doing this earlier.

Always go with your gut instinct.

"Shoot the bastard".

If, somehow, you ran into a younger version of you what advice would you give yourself?

Iwould tellmy younger counterpart to take more risks. I'verealised that I should now but I wish I had started doing this earlier.
Nothing. I recognize that I am who I am today due to my experiences and I will not pull on a thread in the tapestry of my life, else I might find myself unraveling it.

Don't get married!

Nothing. I recognize that I am who I am today due to my experiences and I will not pull on a thread in the tapestry of my life, else I might find myself unraveling it.
or you could end up with an entirely different design on that tapestry. ;)

or you could end up with an entirely different design on that tapestry. ;)

That too, but why risk it? I know who I am now. I wouldn't know what I would become if I undid some of the mistakes I made. Sure, I could be different and better, but it's far more likely I'd be worse off. I'm not exactly happy with the way my life has gone so far, but rather than spend time regretting choices I'm working to make the most of what I DO have, and with a little bit of luck and a lot of hard work, that'll be a lot to make.

I'd tell myself to think very carefully about what high school I choose to go to.

I made the wrong choice.

That too, but why risk it? I know who I am now. I wouldn't know what I would become if I undid some of the mistakes I made. Sure, I could be different and better, but it's far more likely I'd be worse off. I'm not exactly happy with the way my life has gone so far, but rather than spend time regretting choices I'm working to make the most of what I DO have, and with a little bit of luck and a lot of hard work, that'll be a lot to make.
then that should be the advice you give your younger self.

"Have no regrets and do the best you can with what you got."

I gave myself that advice a long time ago. Sure I've often wondered "What would've happen if..." but I don't regret any of the choices I've made.

At a younger age, I would've told myself to work harder even if I didn't like what I was doing, and stick up for myself instead of allowing people to make me suffer in silence.

"Come off it, prick."

I'd tell myself to work slightly harder. And get a job several months ago. 'Part from that... I don't know... just stuff about relationships I guess.

That life is going to suck extra hard for me for Middle and High School, so be prepared for it.

Take some lessons from Columbine. (Yea you think I'm kidding)

Never ever get a bachelors in "Arts". Instead go for a Medical degree, since apparently I have a knack for it since I'm one of the smartest student in my OT classes.

10 41 32 17 49, on August 11, 2006.

Yes, I arbitrarily chose numbers and a date. But if I really did it, I'd actually make sure that I'd know the winning numbers for a day with a large jackpot.

Don't take that pill.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

1) Start cooking healthy food for yourself, cut back on the bad stuff, and start using the gym regularily ASAP instead of waiting until you're 28. Get in shape as a teen and you'll get laid way more (and by way hotter guys) in your 20's :)

2) About Mr. Right: Don't wait for him, and don't be duped into thinking you've found him just because some guy says he "likes you." It'll be over in a matter of weeks. You're young-- enjoy it. Have as much fun as you can before you settle down. But always play safe, you slut ;)

3) As soon as you hear about a little-known internet search engine called "Google," invest heavily!

4) If you miss the Google IPO, here's an almanac of the winning lottery numbers starting after your 18th birthday...

Excessive moderation is a bad thing. Work harder and play harder.

"Don't bother studying a vocational course at higher education. It's a complete waste of time and money. Do something you'll enjoy and never have a chance to do later in life rather than blow your precious university years on engineering skills that any fool can learn in training courses at your employers' expense."

Cut the green wire, not the red one.

Be still my dog of war. I understand your pain. We've all lost someone we love. But we do it my way! We do it my way. Fear is our ally. The gasoline will be ours. Then you shall have your revenge.

Learn to play Basketball

"In the words of Tim Westwood - smack is wack, holla"

Always ask yourself, in any endeavor: "What would Charles Bronson do?"

Don't save yourself until Marriage. You will meet two wonderful women in 2005, and you need to bang them. Trust me on this one. You will regret not doing it later.

If, somehow, you ran into a younger version of you what advice would you give yourself?

Iwould tellmy younger counterpart to take more risks. I'verealised that I should now but I wish I had started doing this earlier.

I would tell my younger self that the hottest girl at school had a crush on me.

Hey up, Londim! Europa calling :p

Honestly, I'd say "do exactly what you've fucking aways done!"

I know full well I've never done the best choices, but I've done the ones I would have done, no matter what!

SAVE YOUR MONEY...

Being 34 years old with a few hundred bucks in the bank is nothing compared to being 34 years old with $100K worth of savings and investments to play with.

Do what you always wanted to.

Don't listen to Anna and follow your dream.

Depending on what point in my life I was at: Don't leave Temple. You will always regret it, and always yearn to go home.

Don't get a drink first, approach that hot nympho at the club in Oceanside before Brad does.

I'd tell myself to think very carefully about what high school I choose to go to.

I made the wrong choice.

Really? Why didnt you like the one you had?

I wish an older version of me would pop up and give me some advice... especially now. :(

This is what I would tell my younger self:
No matter how angry you get, do not, I repeat, DO NOT kill that traveller on your way to Thebes. And when you get to Thebes, don't marry the queen, no matter how attractive she is. Trust me, you'll be much happier this way.

As soon as the Internet becomes commercialized, put up a site (1996 or so)!
You'll make more money with websites than with any job, and your HS diploma will be doing exactly 0 to help in that endeavor. If you put up a site in '96 you'll probably be retired in 10 years.

Go ahead and dump HS at 16 like you wanted to. You'll learn more elsewhere anyway.

If you wait until Stage 4 on Galaga to do the trick that stops them from shooting, it'll work 8x faster!

I wish an older version of me would pop up and give me some advice... especially now. :(

Maybe I should have told you this sooner, Pancake, but I am an older version of yourself. I bought the fastest Internet provider in the world, which sends messages with tachyons, meaning I can only communicate with people from the past.

My advice is this: don't trust strange people you meet on the Web.

I would try harder to escape my humdrum life. My younger self needs to take more risks and see what happens. And there's a particular episode in seventh grade I need to redo.

Maybe I should have told you this sooner, Pancake, but I am an older version of yourself. I bought the fastest Internet provider in the world, which sends messages with tachyons, meaning I can only communicate with people from the past.

My advice is this: don't trust strange people you meet on the Web.

Ermmm... ok. Fair enough. But that's not really what's bothering me right now.

I'd say, 'go ahead and fuck him, but don't spend 11 years with him'.

Then again, if I did that I wouldn't have my daughters, so maybe I wouldn't say anything after all.

Do not, ever, allow your happiness to be dependent on another person.

I would tell myself when Kevin Leasure tells you he likes you, DON'T step backwards with an frightened look on your face. Instead step up and be as brave as he is/was.

Not my only regret, but one of my biggest.

dont drink the water in mexico

honesty is still not the best pollicy

punch that one kid in the face as hard as u can.

Kill them. Kill them all.

This is what I would tell my younger self:
No matter how angry you get, do not, I repeat, DO NOT kill that traveller on your way to Thebes. And when you get to Thebes, don't marry the queen, no matter how attractive she is. Trust me, you'll be much happier this way.

Careful! Don't poke your eyes out!

Man, the weirdest thing happened today.

This crazy toothless old drek grabbed ahold of my arm as I was walking out into the street, and somehow he knew all this personal stuff about me and started haranguing me about "get a job" and all this crazy shit about my sex life. He also tried to make me remember some numbers.

So I told him to fuck off. And he did.

Excessive moderation is a bad thing. Work harder and play harder.

Sigged! :D

I wish an older version of me would pop up and give me some advice... especially now. :(

Hey, here she is now!

Ermmm... ok. Fair enough. But that's not really what's bothering me right now.

Oh crap. The older version of you is ignoring you. That must hurt.

I would show myself Napoleon Dynamite with instructions to spoil it for everyone else.

"I give myself very good advice, but I rarely ever follow it." - Alice

Nothing. I recognize that I am who I am today due to my experiences and I will not pull on a thread in the tapestry of my life, else I might find myself unraveling it.http://daddyforever.com/postimages/2007/purple-hand.jpg
Stop nerding it up!!!! :p

Oh, and mine ... easy.
"Don't let anyone tell you what to do."
Ahar, a-har har.

This is what I would tell my younger self:
No matter how angry you get, do not, I repeat, DO NOT kill that traveller on your way to Thebes. And when you get to Thebes, don't marry the queen, no matter how attractive she is. Trust me, you'll be much happier this way.
*ahem*
From the Bible to the popular song,
There's one theme that we find right along;
Of all ideals they hail as good,
The most sublime is motherhood.

There was a man though, who it seems,
Once carried this ideal to extremes.
He loved his mother and she loved him,
And yet his story is rather grim.

There once lived a man named Oedipus Rex,
You may have heard about his odd complex.
His name appears in Freud's index
'Cause he loved his mother.

His rivals used to say quite a bit
That as a monarch he was most unfit.
But still in all they had to admit
That he loved his mother.

Yes, he loved his mother like no other,
His daughter was his sister and his son was his brother.
One thing on which you can depend is,
He sure knew who a boy's best friend is.

When he found what he had done,
He tore his eyes out, one by one.
A tragic end to a loyal son
Who loved his mother.

So be sweet and kind to mother,
Now and then have a chat.
Buy her candy or some flowers,
Or a brand new hat.
But maybe you had better let it go at that.

Or you may find yourself with a quite complex complex
And you may end up like Oedipus.
I'd rather marry a duck-billed platypus
Than end up like old Oedipus Rex.

Vapours for everyone! WooT!

Hey, here she is now!
Oh crap. The older version of you is ignoring you. That must hurt.

Is this where i say something about random core-dump?
:D

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lol I would say to myself - stop giving a crap about what people think, go to Preston but do something different! lol

Is this where i say something about random core-dump?
:D

*snip pretty threads*

*bows*

Seriously, I'm not sure that advice from our own futures would be all that welcome. It's kind of abusive. It negates 'freedom' to have such intimate advice.

Do I have the knowledge NOW to tell myself THEN how to prevent the WTC hijackings and the Iraq war? No.

Am I prepared to take the responsibility for what may happen instead? To see my own choice written so large, in the certainty of how it would have been had I not used this gift of "giving advice to my younger self" ?

It's a very nightmare. I'd tell Future-Hobo to take a hike.

I'd go back to when I started elementary school and tell myself:
"Be attentive to everything that happens around you, make a lot of friends in school, start playing a team sport and never miss out on fun events like birthday parties or skiing trips."

But on second thought I wouldn't because then I would never exist as that little boy would grow up into an entirely different person. To start with he'd have more fun and less good grades. I also imagine he'd be good with girls instead of with computers. He'd never want to be me but I'd never want to be him either.

I'd tell myself to work harder at school and stop being a lazy b*stard.

Well, that problem is solved now but it has taken quite a few years.

I'd go back five minutes and tell myself not to look at Have Your Say. It's too depressing...

"You won't believe what's going to happen to you. I'm glad I'm done with that, I but whoo boy, you're going be experiencing some really strange shit very soon Oh, and stop pretending to be a nice guy"

If, somehow, you ran into a younger version of you what advice would you give yourself?

Iwould tellmy younger counterpart to take more risks. I'verealised that I should now but I wish I had started doing this earlier.

Whatever you do, don't ever even think of dating her.

"You won't believe what's going to happen to you. I'm glad I'm done with that, I but whoo boy, you're going be experiencing some really strange shit very soon Oh, and stop pretending to be a nice guy"

... and this old man went rolling home.

... and this old man went rolling home.


huh?

I'd say, "Shoot yourself in the head NOW!" lol :p

Not to do so much blow in my teens.

"Do more drugs."

If, somehow, you ran into a younger version of you what advice would you give yourself?

Not to waste my time going into programming for one semester and go straight into the networking programme instead. :) Or maybe tell my younger self to dump my ex-boyfriend when I originally wanted to instead of dating the asshole... (yeah, one month in I wanted to break up but for some reason, I didn't... -_- so... yeah...)

Never get into a prank war with a chemist.

Avoid that crazy bitch with the even crazier brother(I won't bother with names here.) in college.

Manure pits never freeze solid enough to support human weight. Even in February.

Avoid tar.

Stun gun tag is a bad idea for a game.

Don't wrap your genitals in an ace bandage, no matter how much money is at stake.

...

I'm sure I can think of more. :)

Not to do so much blow in my teens.

Yeah, you should have saved and invested it for later. You could have sold all of that now and made a fortune to by crack with.

'Don't be such a little bitch.'