Do you wish you were younger?
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I had it all when I was four. I didn't work, didn't go to school, somebody else did everything for me, I didn't have any money, and yet everyone thought this was all OK.
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Shoulda coulda woulda...live in the now and act with integrity, regret will fade from your life.
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I'm 33. Aside from a niggling back injury I feel really good about my physical health, my marriage is great, love my kids, I'm somewhat successful in my career and am at peace spiritually. Honestly I don't think I've ever been better, so no.
I do however wish I'd spent my time until this point more wisely, listened to friends advice, avoided my first wife etc.
I do however wish I'd spent my time until this point more wisely, listened to friends advice, avoided my first wife etc.
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I wish that just my body was younger.
36. Love it.
Anything I could do in my twenties I can do now. The difference is I now have the means to do those things and 100x more.
I get hit on more than ever. Women flirt with me almost daily. House, wife and most of the material things I desire I simply go buy them. Home theatre, Corvette, new phone, new car, swimming pool, firearms, vacations.
Forget going back to my 20's... Worked my ass off getting two degrees in University. No $$$ to take dates out to dinner.
This pretty much sums up my twenties compared to my 30's...
I drove a 1977 Lemans to University with a door that I had to hold closed in the winter because it locked up. I literally had to rig a rope up and sometimes used the middle seatbelt on the door handle if I was driving alone.
It had a defrost that used to leak radiator fluid onto the inside of my windshield. I remember driving with my head out of the window in the middle of winter trying to see. Wiping the fluid while driving just made it worse.
No A/C in the summer. It spat rad fluid as well. You left the car with a oil residue on your face, hands and clothes.
I had to staple the roof of the car to keep the ceiling from falling down.
One speaker AM radio.
Hub caps would fly off routinely when I went around corners at normal speed and the car would stall at every stopsign/redlight if I didn't quickly throw it in neutral and rev it. The fact that the muffler rusted off made this quite embarrassing when your driving a v6 shit box and appear to rev your engine at every light in an attempt to show off.
The glue in the windows holding the glass in the tracks had long since corroded. 2 of the 4 windows would never close. Every rain or snow meant having to put a towel on the seat so I didn't appear to wet myself. This left quite the musty smell.
Did I mention it was puke yellow?
Two weeks after graduating, the car caught fire on the highway. Luckily I was a few blocks from an auto wreckers. The engine fire was slowly seizing the engine. By the time I got to the auto wreckers I had to keep the gas to the floor to keep the engine running.
The whole time smoke was billowing from the vehicle. I made the mistake of opening the hood when I got to the wreckers. The fire went from a small mostly smoke fire to roaring oh shit fire.
I watched the car burn to the ground. No firemen showed up for a good 30 minutes. It was glorious.
That was the first day of the rest of my life. It was a good day.
Anything I could do in my twenties I can do now. The difference is I now have the means to do those things and 100x more.
I get hit on more than ever. Women flirt with me almost daily. House, wife and most of the material things I desire I simply go buy them. Home theatre, Corvette, new phone, new car, swimming pool, firearms, vacations.
Forget going back to my 20's... Worked my ass off getting two degrees in University. No $$$ to take dates out to dinner.
This pretty much sums up my twenties compared to my 30's...
I drove a 1977 Lemans to University with a door that I had to hold closed in the winter because it locked up. I literally had to rig a rope up and sometimes used the middle seatbelt on the door handle if I was driving alone.
It had a defrost that used to leak radiator fluid onto the inside of my windshield. I remember driving with my head out of the window in the middle of winter trying to see. Wiping the fluid while driving just made it worse.
No A/C in the summer. It spat rad fluid as well. You left the car with a oil residue on your face, hands and clothes.
I had to staple the roof of the car to keep the ceiling from falling down.
One speaker AM radio.
Hub caps would fly off routinely when I went around corners at normal speed and the car would stall at every stopsign/redlight if I didn't quickly throw it in neutral and rev it. The fact that the muffler rusted off made this quite embarrassing when your driving a v6 shit box and appear to rev your engine at every light in an attempt to show off.
The glue in the windows holding the glass in the tracks had long since corroded. 2 of the 4 windows would never close. Every rain or snow meant having to put a towel on the seat so I didn't appear to wet myself. This left quite the musty smell.
Did I mention it was puke yellow?
Two weeks after graduating, the car caught fire on the highway. Luckily I was a few blocks from an auto wreckers. The engine fire was slowly seizing the engine. By the time I got to the auto wreckers I had to keep the gas to the floor to keep the engine running.
The whole time smoke was billowing from the vehicle. I made the mistake of opening the hood when I got to the wreckers. The fire went from a small mostly smoke fire to roaring oh shit fire.
I watched the car burn to the ground. No firemen showed up for a good 30 minutes. It was glorious.
That was the first day of the rest of my life. It was a good day.
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I wish I could go back to 18, but keep the knowledge I've gained since.
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not if i meant i lost my knowledge, work ethic, confidence, and overall new found sexiness i didn't have in my early 20s, then no
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I sometimes long for the days of being in late high school/early college when I only had to work part time at an easy job, only had car insurance bills to pay and literally nothing else, and spent all my time playing sandlot sports with my friends, going to local punk shows, having ridiculous parties, and driving around doing stupid shit. It was a glorious time.
However, i'm OK with where i'm at. I'm turning 29 in a few days and i'm much smarter now, finally starting to make some decent money, own a home, recently married, etc. The stress of my current job and paying bills is definitely something that keeps me occasionally yearning for my younger days but overall, nah.
However, i'm OK with where i'm at. I'm turning 29 in a few days and i'm much smarter now, finally starting to make some decent money, own a home, recently married, etc. The stress of my current job and paying bills is definitely something that keeps me occasionally yearning for my younger days but overall, nah.
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Youth is overrated. In hindsight, its as if you were mentally retarded and no one told you. Or, rather, everyone told you but you were so mentally retarded that you couldn't understand them.
I'm looking forward to my late 50s, when I finally have a functional adult brain.
I'm looking forward to my late 50s, when I finally have a functional adult brain.
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Youth is wasted on the young.
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Second that. I'd tell myself go to vocational school.
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Haha for some reason when reading this I imagine someone sitting at their computer in a velour track suit with chest hair hanging out wearing gold chains. Not hating, its just the image that came into my head.
