If you could turn back time........

[Killswitch]

If you could go back in your youth, or back in time, and do something different with your life, what would it be?

IE: Career Selection, Bad marriages, Broken promises.....whatever.

Three things come to mind for me as far as career choices go.

I was, and am a good drummer. I have played for many local popular bands. I have auditioned for two National Act bands, and didnt get the job....but.....I should be and wanted to be a Pro Drummer, or Frontman for a Pro Band.

I was a great bowler when I was a kid....things changed when I got my drivers license. My Father was a Pro Bowler. I also have a good femal freind from Queens New York that is a touring Pro bowler right now. I had what it took, and just gave up on it. I was carrying a 195 avg when I was 15....and thats with old technology equipment, basically a 15 dollar bowling ball. I bowled several Pro Ams and bowled with a Pro named Johnny Petraglia....he told me if I dont continue and go Pro, I would be a fool....

I always thought I would have made a great Litigator due to my dedication to making a point.

I also Drag Raced motorcylcles for 10+ years....even raced some Pro NHRA National events......did decent too....but its expensive without a sponsor. Would have loved to have caught the eye of a national sponsor.

I know some of these things or all of them could still be possible.....but.....I have lost a lot of motivation as I get older.
Im not nearly as competitive as I once was.

What about you?

K.S.

 

[medjay]

I would go back to college and have sex with all the girls who thought I was cute but I never noticed flirting with me.

 

[Ezarc]

I wouldn't change a thing. I know that I did some stupid things over time and lost out on many opportunities but those mistakes helped make me who I am.

 

[Kitte]

I would never have let my lame ass roomates move in....grrrrr

I think I would choose a cardboard box over having to live with that punk ass shit again.

Everything else is a life lesson...some scar some dont.... Henry said it best....Scar tissue is stronger then regular tissue...realize that strength and move on.

 

[Gil_Favor]

There are many things that I would like to do over, But thats not gona happen so I am trying to focus on what I want to do for the next 25 years or so. I totally understand what you are saying about motivation. I no longer have the drive that I once had,especially if it means working for someone else. If Im going to bust my ass, i want to bust my ass for myself.

 

[bknight2602]

Never get married!

 

[Ezarc]

Never get married!

Hey without my superbitch of an ex-wife I wouldn't have those two wonderful kiddos of mine.

 

[bad kitty]

I would have lost my virginity to my first love, instead of my boss. As a matter of fact, we never slept together, in 7 years of a relationship. That is the biggest thing I regret.

 

[Killswitch]

Hey without my superbitch of an ex-wife I wouldn't have those two wonderful kiddos of mine.

Or that huge child support payment you make every two weeks....UGH!

 

[Purrde Flower]

I wouldn't change anyhting. After all. Where would we be now if we haven't learned from everything else we have done in our lives.

 

[The Heretic]

If you could go back in your youth, or back in time, and do something different with your life, what would it be?

This assumes I would be able to retain some of my knowledge or at least confidence and wisdom?

1) I would have used condoms when having sex with my ex-wife. As much as I love my daughter, I would not want to get my ex-wife pregnant and then marry her. Indeed, I would break off my relationship with her when I had wanted to (I tried several times but each time she begged me not to and I caved in each time).

2) I would have dated and screwed around a lot more.

3) I would drink and get in trouble a lot less.

4) I would have applied myself much more in school instead of goofing off - especially in science and math. I would then have gone for a 4 year CS degree.

5) I would not marry until I got my career started.

6) Overall I would have been a lot more confident and daring with regards to life decisions.

 

[Johnny Mayberry]

I think it is important to remember that it is almost never too late to do the things we dreamed of when we were younger, and sometimes our mistakes can teach us something important that will make things better than they would have been without the lesson.
Having said all that, I wish I hadn't broken my ankle...my life would have been so completely different it is hard to imagine.

 

[Lancecastor]

I think the movie Back To The Future and the old Faces tune Ooh La La address this phenom quite nicely.

I could have spent an addition year in univ and picked up an MBA, but after 6 years of post secondary training at 24 I was sooooo sick of school.

An MBA on top of my other training might have taken me further afield during the 80's and 90's. I'd like to live in Europe and it would have been easier in my 20's or 30's. Realistically, it'll be a few more years before I can accept an offer there now, which is fine...it'll still be there.

Other than that relatively minor edit, I'm quite content and pleased with my lot in life.

Lance

 

[Ezarc]

Or that huge child support payment you make every two weeks....UGH!

Oh, man you know how to really hurt a man. Wow that one was on target.

 

[islandman]

What about you?

The last 11 years.

 

[Rubyfruit]

First and foremost, I would have never started smoking.

I would have completed college.

I would have worn sunscreen and not baked on the beach and by the pool every summer.

I wouldn't have stopped ice skating.

I would have started in dogs earlier, so that I could have tried for a title when my time was mine.

I would have more fully appreciated all that time that was MINE, all, MINE.

 

[Rubyfruit]

I'm waxing a bit nostalgic now.

I would have moved to NYC as a young single girl and experienced living in one of the most exciting cities in the world for at least a year or two.

 

[brokenbrainwave]

nothing, it all has shaped me into the bitter angry white male I am today.

 

[honeylick]

I would go back to college and have sex with all the girls who thought I was cute but I never noticed flirting with me.

when can i expect you over?
-smirk-

 

[Problem Child]

nothing, it all has shaped me into the bitter angry white male I am today.

Never give an inch, dude.

 

[Guest]

Internet Poll

 

[Johnny Mayberry]

The whole Buckwheat-style Afro I had in the 80s...I'd certainly love to take that one back!

 

[brokenbrainwave]

Never give an inch, dude.

never, even using that Corey Hart song "never surrender" as my theme track

 

[DarkAngel]

I would have stayed home...

 

[nasty1]

Right now, I wish that I never heard of prostate stones. That, &, asked out a friend I liked in school. She was too preachy, so, even though we were friends, she irritated me a bit. It's fine if you believe what you believem, but, DON'T preach. Leave taht to the clergies.