What would your young self tell your current self?

I am really happy where I am right now but the only thing my young self (17 years old) tell my current self (30 years old) is to have more fun.

Monday when I took some time off to post on this forum, I felt like I missed on a lot of work.

Also, 'you go girl! you proved yourself!

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17 year old me says, “WTF??”

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Why didn’t you stay sober?!

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My 17 year old self would probably say wtf? And at the same time, not be overly surprised.

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I’ll do the opposite. My 23 year old self would tell my 17 year old self to not run my car into a tree.

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Live long and prosper. :genie:

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My young self would tell me now that I’m a Jedi and don’t turn to the dark side

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My 17 year old self wouldn’t have anything useful to tell my current 35 year old self, but I’d tell my 17 year old self that being a professional gamer is a bad path that will wreck his elbows, and tell him not to take Piracetam, or any other “smart drug”, because it will give him schizophrenia and wreck his life. Also, I’d tell him to socialise and date more, and to do upper body exercise while his elbows are still good.

I’d also tell him to keep an eye on Bitcoin, and to save money doing temp work to buy thousands of it, so that he could retire in 5-10 years off the returns.

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You â– â– â– â– â– â–  up hard.

Sometimes I wish I had a time machine.

Come on, guys! Everybody is always depressed on this forum!

Cheer up, folks! You are very much alive!

My 17 year old self would tell my current self (26) that I am so much stronger than I give myself credit for now. To look at all the things I was doing at 17 and how much I have grown.

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Stay away from marijuana your destiny tells you you will get schizophrenia and be permanently disabled. Also stay away from a particular school you’re supposed to go to.

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Beautiful. I am happy for you. I think the same applies to many of us!

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He would probably bitch about something instead of actually giving advice. Going back before that…he would probably kick my ass verbally.

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I think that my younger self would be very impressed that I got my MA and am living a nice life with a good family that loves me despite having my daughter so young, but would be really disappointed that I am not working and don’t live near my extended family. I never thought I’d move away from home.

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i saw pics when i was really young and i had the biggest smile, it makes me question what went wrong, i feel better now but for a long time i lost my mojo and it may go at any time, got to just try and stay positive though xxx

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Oh. It’s current self. Okay then stay away from conspiracy theories. If it was 10 years ago, I would say my last post above.

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My younger self would tell my current self to (wo)man up, keep trying, don’t give up.

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I would probably plead with myself when i was 15 to talk to my parents and tell them that something was wrong,

thing is i doubt they would believe me bc they would probably tell me not to worry and that it will go away,

but if they said that and it didn’t go away then i would have to keep telling them i am not well, not feeling good.

hopefully then something would get done and i may have caught it early.

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Don’t get married. Don’t get pregnant. Work faster. Don’t go to nursing school. Take that advice and major in Chemistry. Never smoke any weed or take any drugs. Convert to religion at a young age. Try to become a religious sister at a young age. Take up piano at a much younger age. Don’t move around so much. I think I read the question wrong. The question reads, what would my young self tell my current self. I answered like what would my older self say to my younger self.

This is what my younger self would tell my current self:
Check out of that senior community you’re in and move back to Phoenix or move to New York City and get an apartment there. And Party Hearty!! Play your piano non stop. Perform for everyone you know and meet. Start busking on the streets. Get some high risk car insurance and another car and start driving again. (If you move to Phoenix only). Find the best lesbian club in Greenwich Village and start going there. Get in with a group of musicians and writers in Greenwich Village (if you move to NYC only). Get on a gay and lesbian dating website no matter where you move.

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