For anyone over 30 years of age

I would change a few things , off the top of my head I would have had a year travelling Australia
The rest are secret :p
 
Would have split up with my then-girlfriend as soon as I knew things wouldn't work out long-term (rather than drag the relationship out for another 3 or 4 years). Was a mean thing to do, really, even though it didn't feel it at the time. And the women I turned down/walked away from/didn't pursue... :(
 
Several things

1. Gone on a gap year
2. Not gone into business with my best friend who ripped my off for £20k
3. Not done the dirty with my assistant at work

Probably lots more too.
 
Only thing I would have possible changed is maybe goining out only 6 nights a week and buying a house with the money saved, could get a nice 3 bed semi for 30k back then, plus i wouldn't have the memory of a goldfish now.
 
Oh wait... I was thinking about correcting past regrets, but hey if we get to keep all our knowledge of the last 15 years, I'd put all my spare money on at Ladbrokes whenever I went down the footie, buy as many Google shares as I could afford :), and tell my dad not to sign any personal guarantees for his limited liability debts... :(
 
Raist said:
I would have re-enlisted in the Army when the opportunity came. I would be retiring this year at 38 years old with full medical and dental benefits, a pension, life insurance, military store discounts, and no worries about job security. :(
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I sometimes think that. I'd only have another 6 years left if I'd stayed in, but when I look back and think about what it was like I did 6 years and can honestly say I enjoyed one 7 month deployment deployment. :/


To answer the OP's question I'm not sure what I'd do career wise, all I ever wanted to do from being 5 years old was join the forces, so I could say I fulfilled a lifelong dream but it turned out that I hated it. I hated every single minute of school the only thing I had any interest in wass PE. So I think that would rule out 6th form and Uni, guess I still don't know what I'd do

One thing I can say for definate is I'd not drink as much as I did. I wasn't happy doing what I was doing so I used to get ****every night, I used to be climbing the walls if I had to stay onboard of a nighttime. But looking back I'd let my unhappiness distract me from doing what I enjoyed most: physical exercise, so I'd be spending the time I was boozing working out.
 
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I'd have to write a book to cover what I would change but then if I changed anything in the past I wouldn't be who i am now, Good/Bad Meh Time warp head ****. :confused:
 
Kaiju said:
If you were 20 again, what would you have done differently with your life?
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Easy...

Hers's 12 to get you started :)

1) lots more women
2) lots more drink
3) lots more going out and spending time with friends
4) lots less worrying about and planning for the future
5) no marriage - at least in twenties/early thirties
6) enjoy outdoor activities more
7) more travelling abroad
8) No sitting at home watching TV
9) take work much much less seriously
10) enjoy my young healthy body to the full before middle aged decline sets in.
11) push boundaries and do things outside of my comfort zone as often as possible
12) disregard everyone else's opinion about what I should be doing.

Edit: ie live life to the full, enjoy it, let it happen, don't try and control it.
 
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EffBee said:
Easy...

Hers's 12 to get you started :)

1) lots more women
2) lots more drink
3) lots more going out and spending time with friends
4) lots less worrying about and planning for the future
5) no marriage - at least in twenties/early thirties
6) enjoy outdoor activities more
7) more travelling abroad
8) No sitting at home watching TV
9) take work much much less seriously
10) enjoy my young healthy body to the full before middle aged decline sets in.
11) push boundaries and do things outside of my comfort zone as often as possible
12) disregard everyone else's opinion about what I should be doing.
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Done all that and more, happy bunny, are you missing a life?. :)
 
Kaiju said:
If you were 20 again, what would you have done differently with your life?
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I did enough living between 15 and 20 to last a lifetime so not a lot. ;) I probably should have made more effort to stay in touch with friends though. Meh, I've not moved in 10 years so they all know where I am if they want me :p
 
I would have got married earlier on. I may not be over 30 now, but i can predict if i'm going to get married, i'll get married at a later stage than i wished to get married at. Mainly because of the fact that if i have kids, i don't want the age gap to be so huge that we don't have very much in common. Which is basically how it was for me with my parents. Though because i've learned from this, i'll be more understanding with my kids if i ever have any.
 
I was thinking about this the other day, and whilst there are things I would perhaps have wanted to do differently I came to the realisation that most of them led up (in some way) to me meeting my now wife and - fast forwarding back to now - having a fantastic little family.
 
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