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Thu Feb-26-09 05:07 PM
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Messages to your Past or Future Self. |
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Stoled from another board:
You have found a magical time capsule that will appear in your pocket on the day that you turn 30 years old. The capsule is only large enough for a few pieces of paper folded tightly. It is your chance to communicate with your future self. What do you want to tell yourself when you are 30?
OR, reversing this, what would you say to your ten-year-old self?
I said, to my ten-year-old self:
Death is not what it seems, and beware the booze.
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Thu Feb-26-09 05:08 PM
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1. 30? That's already too late |
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Thu Feb-26-09 05:20 PM
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2. When Karen jumps out the window and runs, DON'T GO AFTER HER. |
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To say to myself at age ten.
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Thu Feb-26-09 06:24 PM
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Fri Feb-27-09 10:19 AM
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who would not accept that she was an EX-lover. Upon my trying to break it off for the umpteenth time, she just lost it. Said she would kill herself, and tore the shades off of my 1st floor dorm window, kicked out the screen, and jumped out and ran. Not knowing what it meant to follow her, I did. In her tearful thanks later, she said "you are a true friend. Only a true friend would've gone after me." And although I had never spoken a word of profanity,* I thought to myself "oh, shit."
* I was a good little Baptist girl, and this happened at Los Angeles Baptist College.
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Fri Feb-27-09 02:50 PM
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43. Good thing you lived on the first floor! |
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Thu Feb-26-09 05:38 PM
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Go with the truth, no matter how painful. In all things, big and small. DON'T LIE.
Good for both ages.
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Thu Feb-26-09 05:42 PM
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When you are 21 and this ginormous goober in an ugly hawaiian shirt asks you out to the movies...RUN LIKE HELL!!!
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Thu Feb-26-09 05:57 PM
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Don't take any shit from your classmates. Sass back.
Accept the 4-year scholarship to Northeastern University, for heavens' sake!
Don't marry the jerk who proposes on the day of your mother's funeral. (Husband #1)
And when the editors ask you to move up to the copy desk, go for it.
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Thu Feb-26-09 06:04 PM
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6. To my 10 year old self: |
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Relax and enjoy. You're going to have a damn good life.
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Thu Feb-26-09 06:05 PM
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7. What the fuck is wrong with you... pretty much any age works. nt |
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Thu Feb-26-09 06:24 PM
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Thu Feb-26-09 06:23 PM
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Thu Feb-26-09 06:35 PM
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When you get older dont waste any fucking money on that fucking motorcycle! Or If you already bought that motorcycle and then sold it DONT INVEST THE MONEY YOU MADE IN THE STOCK MARKET 6 MONTHS BEFORE IT CRASHES YOU STUPID FUCK!
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Thu Feb-26-09 06:52 PM
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To my 10-year-old self: Kick Nick in the nuts. HARD. He deserves it. He's a weenie and you don't deserve what he dishes out.
To my 20-year-old self: Don't bother with the college guys, not even that "special" one. He's on too many drugs. Wait.
To my 30-year-old self: Everything has unfolded and will unfold as it should. Even the "mistakes" aren't mistakes. Go with the flow. There are no incorrect experiences--everything is happening to get you to where you need to be. Oh yeah--and when the doctors tell you there's nothing wrong with you that a little exercise can't fix, kick 'em in the nuts and look up a holistic MD before you pack on 40 lbs. waiting around for those assholes to get their act together. (They never will.)
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Thu Feb-26-09 06:56 PM
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Just because her family had millions was no sign for me to dump myself out of her life because I was a ten year old pauper! :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
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Thu Feb-26-09 09:18 PM
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14. Plus, it's a good title for something: |
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Thu Feb-26-09 09:19 PM
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Don't fall in love and marry that asshole!!!!
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Thu Feb-26-09 09:21 PM
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16. That seems to be the prevalent theme. |
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Thu Feb-26-09 09:24 PM
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17. Lord, how I wish there really was a warning time machine |
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I wasted almost 10 years of my life.
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Fri Feb-27-09 12:54 AM
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Thu Feb-26-09 11:46 PM
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18. I talk with my future selves and past selves all of the time. |
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It's sort of a pain, actually. Some of my past selves and some of my future selves are assholes no matter what I say to them.
:shrug:
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Thu Feb-26-09 11:47 PM
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19. Never, ever, ever post pics of yourself on a board where DS1 also posts. |
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:scared:
Other than that, I would hold on to lottery numbers. :thumbsup:
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Thu Feb-26-09 11:52 PM
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Leave Valerie, she is not a good friend. God does not exist, so stop going to church. Apply yourself more to math and science.
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Thu Feb-26-09 11:59 PM
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21. Notice to all the years before 30. |
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Avoid tequila. You'll thank me.
Special mention to the 10 year old me: Dad is joining a cult in 2 years. Don't spend the next 15 years taking what he says personally.
The day I turned 30: 40 is the new 30. :D
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Fri Feb-27-09 12:04 AM
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22. Age 30 and 10 are both my past self/ves. |
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Thanks for reminding me. :cry:
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Fri Feb-27-09 12:15 AM
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23. Note to my ten year old self: |
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Stay in Alabama where you belong.
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Fri Feb-27-09 12:21 AM
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24. I would tell my ten yr old self not to be afraid and let her know that it got easier and less trying |
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as time passed. I would tell her that i love her and that i am eternally grateful to her for her bravery, courage and hope that made my current peace and contentment possible. I would assure her that a few special people would one day love her more than she could ever dream. Lastly, i would tell her that it is alright to be weak, vulnerable, lonely, angry and fragile as long as she is only resting there for a moment.
I am going to have to think about the note to my future self.
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Fri Feb-27-09 12:23 AM
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25. To my younger self I'd say something like... |
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"The hot girl senior year? Go for it. If you don't, you'll miss your chance and regret it. The one the summer after freshman year of college? Run the ()*&% away."
:P
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Fri Feb-27-09 03:00 AM
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27. To my past self? Nothing. |
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To my future self? "Oh, man. Dude. I am soooo sorry. How could I know?"
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Fri Feb-27-09 03:02 AM
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You think yr right....yr not, wait for her...
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Fri Feb-27-09 03:04 AM
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I was just about to say "he is out there, waiting for you" ILY
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Fri Feb-27-09 03:05 AM
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Fri Feb-27-09 03:04 AM
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Edited on Fri Feb-27-09 03:19 AM by Heidi
(Note to my 20-year-old self.)
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Fri Feb-27-09 03:17 AM
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32. Message to my ten-year-old-self: |
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Edited on Fri Feb-27-09 03:18 AM by Lucian
Never give up, no matter how tough things are. DON'T MAJOR IN GEOLOGY! DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, NOT WHAT SOMEONE ELSE WANTS YOU TO DO!
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Fri Feb-27-09 03:18 AM
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:thumbsup:
Be true to yourself! :hug:
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Fri Feb-27-09 03:48 AM
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Fri Feb-27-09 03:56 AM
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35. Don't quit your job in August 2008. |
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Also, to my ten year old self: study science. You're better at it than you think. Your teachers just suck. And you can't get a decent job with an English major.
x( x( x(
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Fri Feb-27-09 10:50 AM
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Look after yourself better. Prepare for some hard times ahead and, when an opportunity arises, seize the moment. Be prepared to see things through and don't give up half-way
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Fri Feb-27-09 11:24 AM
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1) Don't sell the '69 Camaro when you're 22. You will miss that car every day for the rest of your life and never be able to afford another one.
2) In 1993, at that Grateful Dead show in Washington DC, do not accept the five hits of free acid the guy in the purple velvet suit sitting on the pedestrian bridge in the parking lot offers you. If you do accept it, don't eat all of it...trust me.
3) Say yes to Susan. You'll understand what that means when the day comes.
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Fri Feb-27-09 11:26 AM
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39. My 30 year old self to my 18 year old self: |
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Make sure you tell Bo you love him every time you see him because he will soon be gone.
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Fri Feb-27-09 11:26 AM
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40. To my 10 y/o old self, |
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Do what makes you happy, not what others expect out of you.
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Fri Feb-27-09 01:55 PM
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41. I'd put in a pic of my ex and a note that says |
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Run away from this man!
Julie
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Fri Feb-27-09 02:20 PM
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42. "Read up on the Virginia House of Burgesses" n/m |
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Sun Mar-01-09 03:11 PM
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51. Now, that would inspire a 10-year-old! |
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Fri Feb-27-09 05:53 PM
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44. I liked this thread. Thanks, everybody. |
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Your hormonally charged first love will NOT last forever, and there is NO reason to stay here for the "relationship"!
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Fri Feb-27-09 08:38 PM
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47. To my 10 year old self: |
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Lose the bell bottoms.
To my 30 year old self: Don't lose touch with your pot smoking friends, you'll want to get hooked again eight years from now... :(
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Fri Feb-27-09 08:47 PM
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courtesy of the Best of Craigslist:
Desperately need a time machine to take me back 6 weeks in time, plus or minus a day. If you have a time machine and are willing to let me borrow it, or know of someone with an impending trip back in time, please let me know ASAP!
I will pay big bucks to have myself warned to NOT sleep with that tramp at the One and Only Bar on the Boulevard.
Tell me that she is very, VERY fertile that night in question, and has a whopping 3 STDs that I will get if I copulate with her.
VERY VERY IMPORTANT THAT I GET THIS MESSAGE!!!
I WILL WRITE YOU A BLANK CHECK IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES!
Key things that will let the me in the past know you are for real:
*Tell me that you know about the rubber ducky incident
*Tell me that you know that I pissed in my friends pool last week, when he was in it.
*Tell me that no matter how hard I try, the lesbian at Barnes and Noble will NEVER go for it, no matter how many sex books I ask her opinions on.
If I still doubt you- use this one-----
*Mention that you know I made out with my cousin when we were drunk at a kegger last summer- NO ONE KNOWS THIS BUT US TWO!!
VERY VERY IMPORTANT THAT I GET THIS MESSAGE!!!
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Fri Feb-27-09 11:06 PM
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49. note to 10 year old self.... |
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Edited on Fri Feb-27-09 11:07 PM by carlyhippy
1. Don't marry the cute funny guy, in fact don't even give him a second glance 2. Stay on a diet and exercise, you will not like being heavy 3. Pay attention in school, stay away from the partiers and go to college 4. Save your money 5. Do everything I say on this note!!!!! You will be kickin yourself later if you don't.
Carly
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Sun Mar-01-09 03:33 PM
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52. Note to 10-year-old-self: Dont get a desk job. They suck. |
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She's blonde, built like a brick house, great in bed. It means nothing more than a pleasant experience for a few months. WALK AWAY. Wait, no...don't walk away. Run as fast as you can. Borrow money for a cab if you have to, but get far, far away.
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