what if........?

United States
April 5, 2008 6:59pm CST
What if you guys had the chance to go back in time and change one thing about your life. what would you go back and change and why? Me personally I would like to go back to my high school years and change the way I acted. throught high school I wasant really myself I was too busy trying to be in the cool crowd and fit in. it wasant till my seinor year till I noticed who my true friends were and I really had time to reflect and find myself. so yeah if I could go back in time I would go back to my high school years and just be myself. so what about you what would you change?
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@patgalca (18391)
• Orangeville, Ontario
6 Apr 08
I would have changed the high school that I chose to go to. I went to a Catholic elementary school. When I went to high school I decided to go to a public high school along with my friend who lived next door to me. At 45 years of age I still regret that decision. I wish I had gone to an all girl Catholic high school. I know my life would be so different than what it is now. Every choice we make in life takes us down a path with many more choices. One choice can decide your whole future. I know if I had gone another route I would not have met my husband, but then I may have met someone better, richer.
• United States
6 Apr 08
actually I think you can tell if your life would have went differently. I mean every time we are at the crossroad and we have to make a decesion our minds usually tell us two outcomes. its like choosing a home cooked meal over chinese food. sure chinese food is good but you will be hungry a hour later. with the home cooked meal your usually not hungry till hours later lol basically your mind will play the two out then you will decide on what you want to eat (rofl funny example but yeah).
@patgalca (18391)
• Orangeville, Ontario
6 Apr 08
The meal comparison leads to more short term results. It's not quite the same as a choice in life that can affect your future 20 years down the road in a way that you would have no idea. If I went to a different school I would have met different people, probably taken a different post-secondary education, had a different career altogether. That's way different than choosing what to have for dinner.
• United States
6 Apr 08
I was refering to dimas comment when I said that. because I do beleive that we can forsee what we do before we make decesions lol.
@bdugas (3578)
• United States
6 Apr 08
Yes yes yes back to school and then to college and get an education, stay single and make something out of my life where it would not take such hard work to survive in this world. Oh yes and we know now that the cool crowd is not always the ones that are right for us. I think all kids want to fit in with the in crowd when in school. Yes let me start from high school again and watch me change my life for the better.
@bdugas (3578)
• United States
7 Apr 08
i did finish high school and have a accounting degree but went on to work for general motors as a machine operator. When I said stay in school to learn something I meant, to go on and be a lawyer or doctor or something that makes money now adays. Big bucks.
• United States
6 Apr 08
im happy I realized that the cool crowd is not the right crowd. me realizing that changed my life for the better. have you ever thought about attempting to go back to school?
• United States
7 Apr 08
I would change my highschool life too. I would have done more in school and graduated early. I dont really miss high school at all. I think that if I spent more time studying and less time thinking I needed a million friends then I would be a lot better off today.
• United States
7 Apr 08
same here lol sadly I didint realize untill my seinor year that I needed to amp up my studies.
@Marg12 (329)
• United States
6 Apr 08
I think that most of my life was very good and not much that I would change except that I wish I had paid more attention to learning more about everything rather than concentrating on one thing which is what I did all my life. I wish I had been nicer to my parents and sister and just spent more time with them. I am enjoying in my later years, learning all kinds of things about the computer, about planting things in my yard, about all different kinds of animals, and just how to be a good friend. But all in all, I have had a very good life and that is all that I would want to change. Just learn on a wider range.
• United States
7 Apr 08
same here, my life is good as well there is just somethings that I wonder about sometimes. about the decesions I make. I hope your studies are going well.
@tjades (3591)
• Jamaica
6 Apr 08
Ah. I would definately chose a different career, date some more and have more fun. I have always been a cautious person which I love about me but it does make me miss out on somethings so I would definately lighten up a bit.
@tjades (3591)
• Jamaica
7 Apr 08
Oh sure I can. I am still young, there's much more to enjoy, life and health permitting. Sometimes I just wish I would have lighten up more in the past and accomplish much more than I have so far. Old habits die hard so even now I have to challenge myself to relax more. But that aside my biggest challenge right now is to start my studies which should be soon. So yes I can. (lol)
• United States
6 Apr 08
do you think you have time to still change those things?
• United States
7 Apr 08
If I could go back in time, I would have spent more time in school, and less time at parties. I don't know though because if I would have changed something about myself then i might not be the person I am today. I love who I am and wouldn't change that, but it would have been the smarter choice to pay more attention and not skip so much.
• United States
7 Apr 08
true true thats the only downside about going back, what would it change in the future lol.
@youless (112582)
• Guangzhou, China
6 Apr 08
If I could go back, I would go back to the high school and tell myself to study hard. And I should do more meaningful things in the summer and winter vacations rather than wasting the time to watch TV all the time.
• United States
6 Apr 08
lol .*puts down 360 controller*
@littleone3 (2063)
6 Apr 08
I would not want to change anything in my life. Don't get me wrong i dont think i am perfect and i have made some mistakes in my life. But i believe that we learn by our mistakes. I also believe that things happen for a reason.
• United States
6 Apr 08
Without a doubt we learn from our mistakes
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
6 Apr 08
Iwould go back to my college days and change my major and if the college that i planned on going to did not have a BS in Library science I would find one that did and train for what Ihad always wanted to be a research librarian.
• United States
6 Apr 08
that blows. alot of colleges trick students into coming and when they graduate they cant get their dream job because their college didint give them the degree thats nessecary.
@xlinzixx (510)
6 Apr 08
all though ive made quite a few mistakes in my life i dont think i'd change anything because ive learnt for my mistakes and thats how ive become the person i am today
• United States
6 Apr 08
true. like they say what dosent kill you only makes you stronger in the long run.
@bubblyapple (2653)
• Philippines
6 Apr 08
i would like to say that i wouldn't want to change anything because i learned a lot from all the things that happened in my life....but then that would be hyprocritical.... for i know deep in myheart, there are things i would like to change.... bu then, thinking about it, what's the point of still thinking about it? past is past...if there is one thing that you really can't take back anymore, that's the past....no matter what you do, what was said and done couldn't be "unsaid" or "undone".... there will be regrets, yes....but the most we culd do is learn from it and move on.... for that is the beauty of life, each day is a new day wherein you are in charge of doing what it is that you are suppose to do....
• United States
6 Apr 08
Very well put.
6 Apr 08
I have one specific event which i would love to change and often wish i could. Unfortunatly it will never happen so cant see the point in thinking about it.
• United States
6 Apr 08
thats the thing though. We do think about it lol
• Norway
6 Apr 08
Mrdanger somethings in life is best left d way it is, we made dumb and positive decision in d past and it's ok because we r alive now 2 make GOOD decision 2 make our lives comfortable,my life is not comfortable but i make a decision 2 make it comfortable. So probably u go back 2 high school might change d present
• United States
6 Apr 08
same here. we should all make the best out of our lives now
• India
6 Apr 08
Well ... I'd pass up that opportunity cos the mistakes which I made are the ones which made me now.. they are the reason that I'm what I am.. and I'm very happy with my life the way It is.. Although Id like to go back and get better score at my exams.. have a terrible history of average marks..
• United States
6 Apr 08
yeah as much as I would love to go back and change my past it sort of was a eye opener for me because my college life is the complete opposite and im happy lol
• India
6 Apr 08
it is very difficult to understand about ourselves. More or less we should live with time, giving love, help, spreading knowledge... Still it is tricky to understand what we want and what we are... People when grow old then most of them realize, what if??? Time is not constant, make most out of it...
• United States
6 Apr 08
Good answer. thats what im doing now with my college years. just being myself and making the most out of life.
@34momma (13882)
• United States
6 Apr 08
great question. I am not sure what i would change. let me see.... i loved my HS years so there isn't much there I would change. I think if there was on thing that I could change it would be my last moments with my mother. although i know she knew i loved her, but i would have loved to have said it to her that one last time.
• United States
6 Apr 08
that musta been tough. I salute anyone who has lost their mother. I serioually would go off the deep end if I lost mine.
@megumiart (3771)
• United States
6 Apr 08
I hate to say it, but there are so many things I regret in the past few years. If I had one chance to go back in time, I would go back to a littl eover a year ago, right before my granmother [who I was extremely close to] passed away. I would have spent as much time as possible with her, and let her know how much she was loved and appreciated. And I would want to stop myself from making all the bad, depressed decisions I did in that time period right after she passed. :/
• United States
6 Apr 08
I hope all is well now ^_^
• Philippines
6 Apr 08
i guess for me, not being safe but. this is what i regret the most. it is when i am in my college year, that was during second year. its about a girl. i guess i have a chance but i messed up. well, that's it. heheheh. you know already what happen. that is why i really regret that part of my life, and now i can't see her anymore, but i guess she still single.... hahahah, why am i discussing it here.. LOL! anyway, that what i want to change, even if i had to forget everything about my future.
• United States
6 Apr 08
lol if only we had time machines