If you could go back in time..
By chloe1055
@chloe1055 (21)
Philippines
March 22, 2012 3:53am CST
If you could go back in time, let's say 10 years back, what will you tell your younger self?
I'll start, to the 17 year old me:
- "Study hard. It is not just grade, it will matter to you later on."
- "Spend more time with your mom. You will miss her a lot."
- "Enjoy your teen life. Enjoy being single."
- "He is so not the one for you. Stay away from him. Follow your mind and not your heart."
15 responses
@yahnee (1243)
• Philippines
22 Mar 12
if should turn the hands of time to 10 years ago, I will tell myself:
"Resign now and get another job. You are wasting your time with a thankless job"
"Look at yourself and ask which direction you would like to go to, go forward of remain stagnant in your career"
"quit before its too late."
@chloe1055 (21)
• Philippines
22 Mar 12
Thanks for your response.=) If only it was that easy, right? (sigh)...
@megamatt (14291)
• United States
23 Mar 12
Don't waste so much time trying to impress people. That was a fatal flaw I had about ten years ago and that is something that I wish I had never done. Because said people were not really people that I would have gotten along with. But I fell right into the high school mentality of that I really did need to make nice with those people and really it didn't matter in the end. I would have been better off and much happier had I not tried to impress people.
Also I would warn myself of the insanity that is to come and how things are going to get really bad before too long for the world in general. Of course, if I had told myself of some of the things that are going on the the world today, ten years ago, I would thought I was rather insane and exaggerating to the five millionth degree. Still I would try and warn myself that things are going to get really ugly right now.
@musicloverfriend (1465)
• India
23 Mar 12
Hello. If i could go back in time, not ten years more than ten years i can see what happened during India's independence!!!! if i could have gone 100 or 1000 years back i can see what happened in the past!!! Then one could change the history!!
@peall2002 (5)
• United States
23 Mar 12
I'm currently 24 at the moment. What I would tell myself as a 14-year-old:
- Don't be in a rush to grow up; enjoy being a kid.
- You're almost in high school. Be ready for a lot of changes in your life.
- Make your own friends. Don't let your friends make you.
@9jbas22 (66)
• Philippines
23 Mar 12
I'm much older than most of the people here. My age now less 10 years equals 46. So, what am I doing then? I quit my job at an early age of 32. I ventured in different businesses that include poultry farm, mini grocery, restaurant and piggery. Unfortunately, I ended up bankrupt. My only consolation is all my 4 children was able to finish college education before I lost my fortune.
When I was 46, I was still in my mini grocery and restaurant business. I migrated into these ventures when my poultry farm started to lose money. They were doing fine in the beginning but when a public market was constructed nearby, customers significantly decreased. Probably my younger self deserved a tongue lashing when he committed the mistake of venturing back into farming. This time piggery. The correct solution was look for another lucrative place to put up mini grocery and restaurant business where my family seemed to have a better touched. If I have done that option 10 years ago, maybe I'm not here now trying to earn money to survive.
@cheszka (167)
• Philippines
22 Mar 12
I kind of regret some of the decisions I've made in the past with regard to work, so I guess this is what I would tell myself If I could go back in time: "Hey girl make up your mind, what career do you really want? Where do you really want to go at this point in your life? You have to make a decision now or else you will forever regret it."
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
22 Mar 12
10 years back is not much for me. I would say: don't help out that guy he is a so called friend and he will financial break you. Take your money and go traveling go abroad do what you like, it's your time, quite that stupid job.
@shwetat195 (628)
• India
22 Mar 12
i did a stupid thing exactly 10 yrs back...so wud stop myself from doing that. thereon my life wud be different...my professional and personal life both wud be different...but for sure wud have been on mylot....now....:)
@CutiePengu (8)
• United States
22 Mar 12
Well, I'm almost 50, and if I could go back in time 10 years, I would tell my younger self:
1) Don't pay attention to the people that constantly put you down, because they aren't worth the heartache they cause.
2) Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something. For if they do, it just means that they couldn't do it themselves.
3) Tell my son what it would be like in 10 years, and that he needs to straighten his act up now, or he will regret it later in life.
4) Try to get along better with my son, so we don't lose contact because of arguments.
Plus many more.
@vanessajohnsson (2)
•
22 Mar 12
Well, I'm 25 at the moment. So, what would I tell my 15 year old self If I were to travel back in time? I'd probably say:
1) enjoy high-school because there's nothing like it;
2) enjoy the freedom you have and spend more time with your friends;
3) appreciate more the people around you because there will come a day when they won't be with you;
4) Believe!!! Anything is possible! :)
@jazzieruffa (19)
• Philippines
22 Mar 12
Simple, i will tell my younger self, to be contented and be happy. i would also tell her, that spend more time with your family and love ones, friends may come in go, but your family will always stay :)