If you could do it all over again

[teddybear4play]

Mostly things to do with school and work.

But then, if I hadn't been where I was, would I be where I am?
Some things in my life I wouldn't want to lose

I'm at a stage where I really would like to say "fuck it" and let the chips fall where they may.

TB4p

 

[Pixie]

I'm at a stage where I really would like to say "fuck it" and let the chips fall where they may.

TB4p

I've been tempted to do the same.
But then I'm still a scardy cat, what if I don't land on my feet this time?

 

[woodgie2]

I'd change one sentance I uttered about a year ago.

I hurt someone so very badly. I undermined their trust in me and in the world. I had no excuse.

Apart from that, who I've been makes me who I am. I'm happy with that.

 

[Gil_Favor]

5-12-1992, Should have gone straight home that night.........

 

[ozraven]

Everyone, at one time or another, has reached a crossing point in their life. As we age there will be others.

So here's your chance to turn back the clock.

Where did you fuck up? Why? The assumption is that you wouldn't want to change anything if everything was just as it should be.

Ishmael

This is really hard, because I am in a complete state of happiness where I am today, and what happened in the past ahs placed me here.......

Realms of fantasy?

Know the best investments to make........

But probably my most sincere wish, is that I had met akasha when she was 16, we would have been married for 15 years or so now, and I can't think of anything I want today more than that lost time.........

 

[NateAxel]

Regrets...

I like the topic of this thread. Get me drunk or catch me having a bad night, and I'll share a few regrets that I've had up to this point of my life.

I like his acting, but one movie others were lukewarm on, "Family Man" (with Nicholas Cage) really illustrated this idea.

The whole scenario if you "would have said yes" or "would have stayed" instead of left and so on. It's a beautiful thought with a lot of possibilities, but I agree with a lot of the responses.

It's like if we did something differently along the way, we wouldn't be here right now. If you're unhappy today, I suppose you may have more regrets, but for those who are happy, it was worth those decisions. I'm happy, for the MOST part, but I have not lived up to my potential yet. I'm young (21 on 2/22!!!), but I think it was Aristotle who talked about actualizing one's potential as the key to a happier life. I don't remember... I've been up all night and it's already past 6 AM. It's just that I am happy, but I am not fully satisfied up to this point in my life. I wake up and "smell the roses", but I have plans for a kickass future still.

I guess it's about having that balance. We probably WOULD do many things differently. In most cases, they may even be minor decisions that we never realized, but they were still decisions that were made nonetheless. I WOULD change some things, but I know that I can't...

...so here I am. Good morning to you all. And what the fuck is up?

Oh, and Happy (21st!!!) Birthday to me (this Saturday!). You know what that means?!?

 

[Cheyenne]

I'm also one of those people who is happy where I'm at in life right now. I can't think of anything major I would change if given the chance. Maybe I would eliminate some of the angst from my early 30s when that damn babyclock was ticking so loudly. I came to the correct decision for me, but it was painful getting there.

 

[MissTaken]

There are a number of things, but none of them that can be undone or rectified with time, patience and faith.

Looking backward upon regrets can be a good excercise, if only to ensure we don't make the same mistakes again.

However, it does no good to think to hard on the times we took a crossroad that turned into a dead end. Our time is better used looking forward, even when forward seems impossible.


So, Ish, are you going to answer your own question?

 

[Mia62]

So here's your chance to turn back the clock.

You can never change yesterday no matter how much you may wish to. All you can do is work on today so that tomorrow will be better.

 

[BgMma]

Ish, not to be a downer here, I think I would have rather not been born.

Though I am happy to be alive to see some of the things that make me happy now, the life I have had isn't one that I could single out one thing that I could change to make a difference.

Just my opinion.

Good question, though.

 

[MissTaken]

Re: Re: If you could do it all over again

You can never change yesterday no matter how much you may wish to. All you can do is work on today so that tomorrow will be better.

Damn, girl!

That is sig line material!

 

[Tranquility]

I wouldn't change anything really because I wouldn't be the woman I am today,its all the yesterdays and OMG's no I didn't that has shaped my life as it is now. So the long and short of it no I wouldn't turn back the clock

 

[JazzManJim]

1985. I would have decided to go to college full-time.

 

[ithaqua]

If I was 12 again, and knew what was going to happen. No, I wouldn't do it again, it wasn't worth it.

 

[lnxguru]

This is going to be very general, but I would have stopped an issue with someone I care very much about before it happened. It caused a whole chain of events that led to moving, and a lot of bad karma...

A year later things are finally starting to fix themselves...

And believe it or not, the saying is true, if you are meant to be with someone, they or you will find your way back. I *think* its happening to me ))))

But I am who I am because of my past mistakes, and my past sucesses, and the successes outway the mistakes so far.


Oh... I would have told my mom to not go back to my dad the first time she filed for divorce 4 years ago.

 

[nitelite33]

Oh, I also would have bought Yahoo and Amazon at the IPOs...

 

[lnxguru]

Better yet, help found Microsoft or that IPO...
Its stock actually still worth money...