If you could write a note to your younger self

[Super-Surprise]

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs30/f/2008/124/1/a/orange_by_gothichick9.jpg

 

[Mr Noone]

Start an IRA as soon as they're invented.

 

[Bidin~Time]

Life is much longer than you think.

 

[Beco]

Fucking with the timeline is never a good idea.

totally mess up the space–time continuum

 

[NoHoKitten]

Don't be afraid. Be a little more kinky!

 

[TwoShades]

Invite her into the threesome. You may never get another chance.

Oh yeah. And fuck your neighbor. When she asked you to help her take her jeans off.............

 

[CleverCowardice]

Don't fuck Gennie. You're gonna want to, believe me. Holy fuck, when you see her in that red dress? You'll be so hard you'll swear your cock could drill diamonds. But don't do it. Not when she does that thing her tongue. Not when she slips out of that dress and rubs her tits, those perfect tits, against your chest. Not even when she pulls her panties aside, showing you how slick and ready she is, and she practically whimpers that she wants you inside her. Savor the image, memorize every line and curve, but then find your inner strength, respectfully decline and excuse yourself, then go home and furiously beat your dick like some filthy little orphaned waif in a Dickens novel. You'll never understand why, but you'll be so much happier and mentally healthier for it, I promise you.

PS - Tell your parents you love them more often. Don't be so stingy with the hugs. And don't feel you have to be an asshole all the time.

 

[Hypoxia]

Nobody really cares how miserable you make yourself, so shut up.

It's better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

Always have an escape route planned.

 

[dancingonmyown]

Eventually nobody will care that you like girls.

Don't fall in love with that particular girl, she will fuck you up for years to come.

Shut up occasionally, for everyone's sake.

 

[Not Normal]

Don't just talk about it, move to LA.

In HS, buy Neumann mics, 1176s, and find a Fairchild or two.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Youre gonna discover that almost everyone are cowards, dolts, ugly, liars, and fulla shit. Make sure there's something in it for you if you play with them but don't expect much.

 

[patient1]

Don't worry.
Strange as it may seem to you now, after more surprising twists..
Everything will eventually work out for the best and you'll live happily ever after.
It just takes more years than you expected.

 

[big9000]

stay single

 

[JohnnySavage]

Sell everything when the NASDAQ hits 5,000

 

[smallgirl]

Not remarry at 22 and walked away like my bff told me to.
At 25 go back to school then when I had the chance, and tell THAT guy how I really felt.

 

[contrifan32]

Don't give into family pressure and accept the summer job rebuilding the antique house after you graduate. You will be introduced to a number of interesting and influential people.

 

[Sunshine]

You don't have to take care of everyone. Don't marry him. Go to medical school. Trust your instincts and pay attention to the red flags. FFS, he's not worth your time.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Enjoy Hi-C Ecto-Cooler while you can. They won't make it forever.

 

[Mrdarkblueeyes]

Stop chasing Jennix after a year. She's just mean, and keeps you around just so that she's not bored, and has someone to make out with when she wants affection.

DON'T MARRY SHERRY.

 

[Queersetti]

I just sent a note to myself yesterday to remind me that I am out of coffee.

Apparently, the little bastard didn't read it.

 

[MeekMe]

Stand up for yourself more.

 

[ryan8558]

Buy Apple and Walmart as early as you can.

Don't buy globalcrossing!!!

 

[trysail]

"If a lie is necessary, why not speak it? We are all after the same thing, whether we lie or speak the truth: our own advantage. Men lie when they think to profit by deception, and tell the truth for the same reason— to get something they want, and to be better trusted for their honesty. It is only two different roads to the same goal. Were there no question of advantage, the honest man would be as likely to lie as the liar is, and the liar would tell the truth as readily as the honest man."

-Herodotus
The Histories
Book Three – The Seven Conspirators
Translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt
Revised by A. R. Burn
London, 1988​

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How do you reconcile that with the twenty years of those very, very expensive schools, the family and the preachers repeatedly beating it into my head, over and over and over again:

Do not lie, cheat or steal or tolerate those who do.
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http://www.npr.org/2012/06/04/154287476/honest-truth-about-why-we-lie-cheat-and-steal


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[trysail]

Buy Apple and Walmart as early as you can.

Don't buy globalcrossing!!!

That, in a nutshell, is the whole flaw with "growth" stock investing.


Neither you nor anybody else can consistently tell (in advance) which ones are going to work and which ones won't—
and that is why, in the long run, virtually everyone would be far better off by investing in a low cost (Vanguard) index fund.

 

[ryan8558]

That, in a nutshell, is the whole flaw with "growth" stock investing.


Neither you nor anybody else can consistently tell (in advance) which ones are going to work and which ones won't—
and that is why, in the long run, virtually everyone would be far better off by investing in a low cost (Vanguard) index fund.

Sure. But wouldn't you have liked to have bought a thousand shares of Apple and Walmart when first offered?

I would have retired a long time ago.

But, I'm still working.