Sixteen Again.

@Kandae11 (54986)
September 19, 2022 10:09am CST
If you were sixteen again what would you have done differently to impact your life in the areas of - health, wealth , family etc? Or are you totally happy with the outcome so far.? One thing l would surely do differently is eat healthier meals. One's good health is one's wealth. What would you do differently? Picture shows my favorite James Bond star, the late Sean Connery in his younger days.
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@LadyDuck (471253)
• Switzerland
19 Sep 22
Sir Sean Connery was also my favorite James Bond. I do not know what (IF) I would change something to my life should I go back in time. Should I try to follow my dream and become an architect I would not meet my husband... may be I would change nothing.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
19 Sep 22
I don't think I would change much
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@LadyDuck (471253)
• Switzerland
19 Sep 22
@Kandae11 I agree, I know how is my life changing I am not sure I would have a good life.
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@Kandae11 (54986)
19 Sep 22
The fact is you are living a good life so far , how becoming an architect would have impacted your life will always be a mystery. It is good when we can be happy with our present life.
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
19 Sep 22
If I'm sixteen again I should have not followed my mother's want for me to be a teacher. I would like a computer course. I think I would have a totally different life
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
20 Sep 22
@Kandae11 I was brainwashed and get convince but that's my life
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@Kandae11 (54986)
20 Sep 22
Very often parents try to determine the paths their kids should follow.
@Kandae11 (54986)
20 Sep 22
@averygirl72 You are still young enough to make some sort of change if you still want to.
@sjvg1976 (41281)
• Delhi, India
19 Sep 22
I would have studied harder to become a doctor and served humanity.
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@sjvg1976 (41281)
• Delhi, India
19 Sep 22
@Kandae11 Yes I can. But being a doctor would have been the best way to serve humanity.
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@Kandae11 (54986)
19 Sep 22
A good choice, but you can still serve in other ways.
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• Kitimat, British Columbia
20 Sep 22
You can still do it. Or at least start
@JudyEv (339414)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Sep 22
I would have gone to university instead of staying home on the farm.
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@JudyEv (339414)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Sep 22
@Kandae11 Probably literature/creative writing - something in that area.
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@Kandae11 (54986)
20 Sep 22
@JudyEv A good way to express oneself.
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@Kandae11 (54986)
20 Sep 22
Good. What area of study would you have embarked upon?
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
19 Sep 22
At 16, I was making my way in life, mostly on my own. Losing my Mom at 14 forced me to grow up a lot faster than normal. Was more or less caring for my Dad and brother.
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@Kandae11 (54986)
19 Sep 22
So sorry that you lost your mom at 14. A lot of responsibility for you at that young age - being the only female in the home.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
19 Sep 22
@Kandae11 Yes it was a lot. And I was the baby of the family. My older sister was on her honeymoon when it happened. I grew up fast for sure.
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• Kitimat, British Columbia
20 Sep 22
I'm sorry you had to go trough that pain, that young. No one deserves that.
@Beestring (14516)
• Hong Kong
19 Sep 22
Cannot think of anything I would have done differently. Changing one thing may lead to other changes which we never know. Perhaps I would do more exercises.
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@Kandae11 (54986)
19 Sep 22
That is true, one decision could change everything. Not too late for the exercises.
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@Beestring (14516)
• Hong Kong
19 Sep 22
@Kandae11 Yes, I take a morning walk every day.
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• Kitimat, British Columbia
20 Sep 22
Just keep moving!
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@allknowing (135903)
• India
19 Sep 22
At that age mother decided for me. (lol)
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@Kandae11 (54986)
20 Sep 22
Understood.
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• Kitimat, British Columbia
20 Sep 22
haha
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@RebeccasFarm (89832)
• Arvada, Colorado
20 Sep 22
I would have stayed with my first love.
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• Arvada, Colorado
24 Sep 22
@Kandae11 (54986)
20 Sep 22
Okay, but can you be certain how that would have turned out?
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@jobelbojel (35461)
• Philippines
20 Sep 22
If I am sixteen again, I would probably be good at decision making. I could have studied well during my freshman year and exercise a lot for my well being and health. I was sickly back then.
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@Kandae11 (54986)
20 Sep 22
You said back then you were sickly so l gather your health is better now. Its not too late to begin exercising.
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@RasmaSandra (79649)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Sep 22
He was my favorite Bond. I remember someone telling me that even if you could go back fate has it that things would turn our just the same again and there are things I never want to repeat. I am thankful for my blessings and content with how things are, There is a wonderful Roy Orbison song You'll Never Be 16 Again
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@Kandae11 (54986)
20 Sep 22
We know there is no going back, but some reflection should help on our forward march. I like that Roy Orbison song.
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@Shiva49 (26659)
• Singapore
20 Sep 22
I count my blessings and the lucky breaks that came my way. So I rather be grateful for that. Sean Connery is my favourite Bond.
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@Kandae11 (54986)
20 Sep 22
It is good to count our blessings. After Connery l think the best other Bonds were Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan.
@porwest (89914)
• United States
19 Sep 22
I have revisited this idea many times, and as much as I might have wanted to make some changes—not starting smoking for example even though I did quit for 13 years, started back up, and then switched to vaping. But I tend to side with the idea for all the good and bad, I am who I am today because of who I was yesterday, and for better or worse I would not be who I am today had I been something or someone else yesterday. Besides, it's that one turn or that one decision you change that perhaps changes everything, including whether or not I AM here at all today. So, I'd rather just leave things just the way they are for whatever it is worth. Good or bad.
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@Kandae11 (54986)
19 Sep 22
You are perfectly correct. Just one decision we might make can herald a whole sequence of events - which could end up bad, not so bad or good. The point is we are here today, surviving in a difficult world.
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@porwest (89914)
• United States
20 Sep 22
@Kandae11 I remember there was a 1st class I worked with when I was in the Navy. He was not happy where he was living and moved, and that one decision put him into the Chesapeake Bay Tunnel on the way to work in which he was killed.
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@Kandae11 (54986)
20 Sep 22
@porwest Wow! How awful.
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@arunima25 (87771)
• Bangalore, India
20 Sep 22
Well, I was a happy sixteen years old. I had wonderful fun friends and a very caring family. I felt loved and secured. And I did nothing at that time that I should regret for. Maybe I don't want to change anything. I wish that I could go back in time and enjoy those youthful days.
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@Kandae11 (54986)
20 Sep 22
You had happy youthful days and made the right decisions.
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@arunima25 (87771)
• Bangalore, India
26 Sep 22
@Kandae11 I would say that I enjoyed it. I would have made mistakes like any regular youth would but then those seemed right at that time.
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@Treborika (17661)
• Mombasa, Kenya
20 Sep 22
If I am sixteen today, I would study very hard and further my education to the university. I would have liked to pursue a degree in business administration so that I can be a manager in any firm.
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@Kandae11 (54986)
20 Sep 22
Not too late to try something . There are degree courses online.
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@Kandae11 (54986)
20 Sep 22
@Treborika l understand.
@Treborika (17661)
• Mombasa, Kenya
20 Sep 22
@Kandae11 Even those online courses require some resources in terms of finances in one way or the other. I am currently don't have what is required to pursue my dream career.
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@rebelann (112770)
• El Paso, Texas
19 Sep 22
Not sure I would have been allowed to change anything, my parents were extremely strict.
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@Kandae11 (54986)
19 Sep 22
Come to think of it. I might have had to wait until l was earning a pay packet before choosing what l would and would not eat.
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@JESSY3236 (19914)
• United States
20 Sep 22
He was so cute. I think I would make myself stop drinking soda if I went back in time.
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@Kandae11 (54986)
21 Sep 22
Think of a substitute for the soda.
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@Dena91 (16587)
• United States
19 Sep 22
If I were 16 again I would probably make better food choices too.
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@Kandae11 (54986)
20 Sep 22
Yes indeed, the earlier the better.
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@aninditasen (16377)
• Raurkela, India
20 Sep 22
I would study hard, stay healthy and fulfilled my dream of becoming a doctor and served humanity.
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@Kandae11 (54986)
20 Sep 22
I recall from your posts that you would have liked to become a doctor.
@peachpurple (13962)
• Malaysia
20 Sep 22
I regretted for not studying hard. Instead i was fooling around with guys!
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@Kandae11 (54986)
20 Sep 22
You were probably following your peers. You can still make up for lost time in some way.
@DRCashin (45)
• Kitimat, British Columbia
20 Sep 22
I definitely talked to myself on my sixteenth birthday. Because I talk to myself every day. So if I could meet my sixteen year old self, I would smack the poop out of me. And tell myself to read more. I would also tell myself to be kind. Slow the fudge down. Learn everything you can. Kiss as many girls as you can, so you can find your first last kiss sooner. The sooner you find that, the sooner you will have a family. And that will absolutely warp your reality, into something so terrifyingly beautiful and perfect, you will weep while reading Dr. Suess. Run. Lift. Jump. Fish. Hunt. Always with respect. Garden. Its the easiest thing in the world. You just put the seeds in the ground, and they know what to do. Explore everything. Love everyone. Let yourself feel everything. Know your cummunity, like you know your pee pee. Laugh. Every minute if you can. About everything. It literally heals you. I have so many more thoughts, but its the end of the day for me. Goodnight Neverland. Sean Connery was my favourite Bond too. Although he got me even more with the ole salt and pep
• Kitimat, British Columbia
20 Sep 22
@Kandae11 Thats our fault. It takes a village. You and I both know we can reach just a little deeper. And if you are not in that position? Lay it out for me. Let me hear it all. Get it out. Over and over and over, until you stop crying. And then, just maybe.... You might feel your body screaming to want to move