The "If You Had It To Do All Over Again" Thread

[democracyindanger]

I'd say, "Architect." If I had the chance to choose how I'd focus my education from high school on again, I'd say, "Architect."

[teach1st]

1. I would have finished school the first time...

..I would have become a teacher right away instead of waiting until my 30s.

[Left Is Write]

2. I would have encouraged my husband

to say "no" to the relocation offer in 2000.

[jpgray]

3. If I could do it all over again, I'd do it all over you

:D

[teach1st]

5. Off topic: Not many people know about Caravan!

The Balled of Freddy and Larry and all..

[jpgray]

9. They're a guilty pleasure of mine

Especially their first album. Objectively I want to call it draggy muddy garbage, but something holds me back. Nice to see another person who knows they exist.

:hi:

[teach1st]

16. I wouldn't have, probably

Except that I'm Freddy and Larry was my partner in tripping and somebody pointed it out to us.

[Droopy]

4. Don't do two hits of that strong acid

That's my one regret. It totally fuck me for years to come.

[Hello_Kitty]

6. Not worried about what I looked like so much

And whether guys liked me and focused on my education. Taken an interest in politics at a young age. Heck, I could be a Senator by now if I'd put my mind to it!

[democracyindanger]

10. Like Molly Ivins says,

"If you knew how often people actually thought about you, you wouldn't worry about it so much."

[bettyellen]

22. i love that i'm passing that on.......

[Metatron]

31. I would have left after 3 years, instead of waiting 12 years.

Sorry - meant to reply to OP

[Chovexani]

7. I'd have never gone out with that one guy.

My life was shot completely to hell and I am still repairing the emotional damage from that "relationship".

[tjdee]

11. Same here.

Except, I got a kid out of it as well.

[Left Is Write]

14. Me too.

So it's hard to say that I would have gone somewhere else the night of May 10, 1985.

[intheflow]

8. I would've kicked the bums out years earlier than I did.

Bum 1: ex-husband
Bum 2: ex-fiance
Bum 3: ex-boyfriend (who actually ran off with a floozy before I had a chance to kick him out)

Finally have a good man now... :thumbsup:
after 20 years of having really, really bad taste in men. :thumbsdown:

[7th_Sephiroth]

12. depends on tomorrows $60 million lottery jackpot numbers

heh heh heh

[VOX]

13. One word: Apple.

Go back in time, invest, retire early, fight the right-wing full time.

[democracyindanger]

15. beautiful nt

[gmoney]

17. Would have fought for "the one that got away"

Beautiful, smart, funny, sweet, the works... we were great friends, but there was never a chance to make a move, then she met the dot-com millionaire and moved far away, and no other women measure up.

Sigh...

[amber dog democrat]

18. I would have never sold my 1903 A3 Springfield

or the mini 14 just to please my ( now ) ex spouse.
not that I really needed them.

Also I would never have allowed a working relationship with my assistant sound person on a movie crew to turn into a romantic relationship. I was not even attracted to her in the first place.

also - I would have finished the article I was supposed to do - after giving a lecture.

[TlalocW]

19. I would have...

Stuck with my second girlfriend. We were both new at dating - even though we were in our mid-twenties, and we got scared and decided to be friends.

I also would have taught myself magic and balloon twisting a lot sooner. Those are good side-jobs.

TlalocW

[Spinzonner]

20. Art ? Art Vandelay ?

[elperromagico]

21. Kick.

[maveric]

23. I would have taken school more seriously as a kid.

[billyskank]

24. I'd probably try to go to more lectures

and smoke less pot.

[NightTrain]

25. I'd finish college and keep the fuck out of the military.

Then again, it was the military that unintentionally transformed me from right-winger to socialist. So maybe my four-year debacle was ultimately for the best! :shrug:

[auntAgonist]

26. If I had a chance to do it all over again ...

I wouldn't.

[Cadence]

47. I Second that.

[Aiptasia]

27. Billionaire underwear model

I'd be too sexy for my portfolio.

[Kire]

30. me too

but I'd also like to win the Nobel Prize for Literature

[Lydia Leftcoast]

28. I would have been a more rebellious teenager

I let my mother and grandmother control me for too long.

[malmapus]

29. I would have kissed her ..

..

[Abelman]

32. Too much

After reading "The Great Gatsby" again, I realized the futility in doing it over again. There's a lot of stuff I would like to change, but I really like who am now. And if I changed stuff, I wouldn't be the same person.

But I would definitely would have worked harder in High School at everything. Y'know, if I'm forced to answer.

[Seabiscuit]

33. If I had it to do all over again

I never would have contributed to Kerry's campaign. I want a refund!

[flvegan]

34. Absolutely nothing different

I'm not rich, I'm not a hunk, I'm not in a great relationship. But, I'm a good person, and I'd hate to think that a different road would've taken me in another direction. I could be a rich lawyer if I "did it all over again" but I might be defending scumbags, voting republican and sporting a "Choose Life!" license plate on my Hummer. My conscience is clear, and there's nothing more valuable.

Okay, one thing. There was this girl in college that I really liked, and I had this one shot with her (she decided to spend the night, told me to sleep in the bed with her). I turned that offer down, not thinking I could trust myself. THAT, I'd do differently...

[MrScorpio]

35. I would go to California and

Get in on the ground floor of the video porn revolution

I'd be rich beyond my wildest dreams today

[Shoeempress]

36. Married my husband sooner, found a way for us to relocate to Paris.

[Catchawave]

37. I thought this would be easy....

...but upon reflection over the past "few" decades, wouldn't have changed a thing!

[Skittles]

38. I would not have gotten into the IT field

it sucks really bad now

[SarahB]

39. Many things.

We all live with regrets and hindsight will always make things so much clearer. The future though is ours. Sometimes it's not easy, but we can't change the past, so we'd better make the best of our futures.

[Magrittes Pipe]

40. I'd have done everything exactly the same.

[MissMillie]

41. I'd have never got a credit card

Seems like I'm spending way too much time trying to pay these suckers off.

[terrya]

42. I would have NEVER done the crystal meth.

When I was living in Dallas, 1984 - 1986, I partook of this evil, desperately evil drug...and it ended up destroying my life. I have no one to blame but myself. It was the worst, absolute WORST mistake I've ever made. Lost my job, was evicted from my apartment, ended up essentially homeless (I was living out of my car at one point) and I threw away some lovely friendships because I chose crystal over my friends. My real friends.

After I came back to Illinois (there was nothing left for me in Dallas at that point), I hated myself for a long, long time. For what I did to myself and to the people I loved.

[loudestchick]

43. I'd just make different mistakes...

Who's to say that this...or any other path is the right one? :shrug:

[guitar man]

44. Wouldn't change a thing

Maybe would have practiced the guitar a little harder in my younger years, but really can't think of anything I would do different.

[Cerridwen]

45. Stayed with dancing, trusted the photographer that liked my

unique coloring (turned out he was legit and a "big wig.") Kept singing and acting.

[Astrochimp]

46. Archeology, (Architect was 2nd choice)

and I would kick my guidance consoler in the arse.


But I am pretty happy now, lost my business, but found a job I love, that pays very well for around here, + great people to work for/with, and 5 min from home.

[CanuckAmok]

48. I would have shown up for the NHL Draft I missed. I had a dentist app't.

Live and learn.