how have you changed since high school?
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Quite a few ways...
1. I care about what goes into my body! I was a vegetarian then too but I ate like crap.
2. I care less about helping people and more about helping those who help themselves. I was spreading myself way too then back then.
3. I have learned what I am passionate about and I do research or think before I make a decision.
4. I'm regular hahaha0 -
I figured out how to identify poisonous people in my life and got rid of them. I'm a lot happier for it :flowerforyou: I didn't know what real love and respect was then, either, and now that I've finally figured THAT out it makes a lot of sense why I was so miserable before.
I'm still a quirky, introverted nerd but I learned how to embrace that. I'm also super girly now but was a huge goth back then... Ballet flats are much easier to walk around in than combat boots and my gorean collar gets less looks than the dog collar I used to wear did :blushing:
its always good to make changes to make yourself happy for you and get rid of negativity in your life, it will always make you happier and stronger0 -
i awesomed in a girls face, man she was not happy
LMFAO i hate it when that happens0 -
It's kind of funny...Yes, I've changed, I've gotten older, and more mature. But I am still me...I am a dork who loves to read, I am weird, I like being original....and more...I accepted who I was when I was young, and I was always told to keep standing out in a crowd. And I did...
As I have gotten older, the "popular" kids have told me that I was cool in school, and I am friends now with more of them than when I was younger. Granted, I was friends with everyone in high school, and didn't belong to a particular "group". I was just me and was friends with who I wanted to be friends with.
Now, I am still the same person- I am a dork, I make corny jokes, I have morals, and I am not afraid to stand up for those and what I love....0 -
my chest hair is turning grey
? you don't have any0 -
It's kind of funny...Yes, I've changed, I've gotten older, and more mature. But I am still me...I am a dork who loves to read, I am weird, I like being original....and more...I accepted who I was when I was young, and I was always told to keep standing out in a crowd. And I did...
As I have gotten older, the "popular" kids have told me that I was cool in school, and I am friends now with more of them than when I was younger. Granted, I was friends with everyone in high school, and didn't belong to a particular "group". I was just me and was friends with who I wanted to be friends with.
Now, I am still the same person- I am a dork, I make corny jokes, I have morals, and I am not afraid to stand up for those and what I love....
good for you 0 -
I was a bit obnoxious in HS and didn't really consider people's feelings so much. Ok, I was a b!tch. I'm not so bad now - I take peopke's feelings into consideration now. I am way more diplomatic.
Also my social lfe now sucks and I have bags under my eyes. I could go on...0 -
To answer your question, I have self-esteem now, and a positive attitude.
...not so much as a teen in high school.0 -
I had no clue who I was in high school. Senior year was better because I'd had a falling out with "friends" and was finally figuring out who I really was but that was also when I started gaining weight (lots of emotional eating) so that was a blow to my self confidence. College was really when I started breaking out of my shell. I realized that was a brand new start and I could be my weird friendly chubby self and people would love me or hate me and I didn't care either way. Apparently it worked because I'm still besties with two of my closest girlfriends from those years. And they're two of my biggest supporters with my weight loss efforts.
Back then - I was shy, worried about what everyone thought about how I acted, what I wore, how skinny/fat I was, etc. and I was stupid boy crazy...like I had some kind of clue what love was.
Now - I care somewhat about what people think but mostly it's a matter of making sure I don't dress too weirdly (I can have an odd fashion sense) and "play the game' at work. As far as the rest of the people in my world, if they don't like me they can go pound sand. And I have found and married my true love. (I know, cheesy...can't help it)0 -
Graduated at 17 so lesse... I have facial hair (was peach-fuzz'n for the longest and the lumberjack switch suddenly turned on at 18y.o.), 60# heavier, 4.5" taller, feet 3 sizes bigger, definitely more outspoken and confident, MUCH wiser with money....
40 y.o. me wouldn't be able to be around 17 y.o. more than 5 min without slapping the taste out of his mouth. But I tell you what... put the mind/experience of 40 y.o. old me in the 17 y.o. me's body and watch out! I'm not saying that I'd be quite ready for world domination, but the tri-state area would definitely shudder in its boots!0 -
I am almost twice the size I was in High School
, I used to be called Twiggy! I am not as shy as I used to be but I am still considered shy. Can't party like I used to 0 -
Got a great job making five figures a year.0
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silly.0
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It's kind of funny...Yes, I've changed, I've gotten older, and more mature. But I am still me...I am a dork who loves to read, I am weird, I like being original....and more...I accepted who I was when I was young, and I was always told to keep standing out in a crowd. And I did...
As I have gotten older, the "popular" kids have told me that I was cool in school, and I am friends now with more of them than when I was younger. Granted, I was friends with everyone in high school, and didn't belong to a particular "group". I was just me and was friends with who I wanted to be friends with.
Now, I am still the same person- I am a dork, I make corny jokes, I have morals, and I am not afraid to stand up for those and what I love....
A lot of this. ^^0 -
I have more money and worry less. Both would probably change if I went to a HS reunion.0
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I'm still incredibly fit because I have kept up with it. But, I was a dancer back then (still am now), so I was very fit and had a beautiful body. Unless you are talking younger, well then I am more grown now (and I like that). The difference is that I have more confidence now and appreciate myself more. Back then I had lower self esteem. Well, you know how it is being young, in some ways we are more comfortable taking risks and putting ourselves out there, but in other ways we are more insecure and much harder on ourselves (we don't know what we have). My husband says I am still hard on myself. But, he also says that I have what he would consider to be real self-love because it is reflected in how I take care of my health. But, whenever I see people the response is always to say, "Wow, you look exactly the same. You haven't changed. You haven't aged. It's amazing." That is a compliment!
So, yeah, I wouldn't want to go back to high school again (or anything under the age of 18). But, I would like to go back to graduation. But, with all my growth and life experience to take with me. Of course that could never happen and would never work (and no point living in the past when I have a great present). So, I'll just try to utilize my life now and not take it for granted.0 -
I was think the other day, 'jeez, when did I grow up so much?'. I think I am more serious now but I guess that kinda goes with growing up.
My teachers hated me at school. Now I am doing post-grad study as an adult, my teachers love me, lol.
I weigh about the same but my hair is lighter now and I have a few wrinkles starting to appear.0 -
High school was a long time ago, but I changed for the better:
30-40 lbs lighter
More confident
More accepting of others
More accepting of weaknesses (mine and others)
Less shy
I am not sure how much the first had to do with the rest, but I figure it played a part. I was an honor student, very smart blah blah,blah, ....... but I was arrogant. Now I realize and understand that I wasn't so damn smart after all.0 -
In high school I was a rebel lost soul. Got expelled freshmen year and jumped around to other schools. didnt graduate with my class either... went back to school and got my diploma Now i live by spiritual principles and I like myself today. as for appearance... freshmen & sophomore I was a little chubby... junior & senior I was tweaker skinny.... now I'm healthy... I want to tone up, but I can wear a crop top or a bikini and not be **TOO** ashamed. 0
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My real life started the day I left that pit. I've gotten smarter, stronger, happier, and will never look back. I do not miss the person I was or those people.
25 years in 53 weeks and every day farther away is a brighter day.0 -
Much more comfortable in my skin. Being a female math and computer geek who read feminist literature in 1971 meant you were way out of the mainstream. I couldn't flirt. Still can't. I found it didn't matter when I got into college math and science classes and I was one of only a handful of women in the class. I was awful at team sports. Still am, but I'm in far better physical shape than many other girls who did play team sports. (I went back to my 40-year reunion. Had a great time.) I parlayed my bookish geekiness into a darn good career.
It was really a great experience going back 40 years later. I was a lot more relaxed about who I was and didn't feel a need to impress anyone. When the car rental lady at the airport got her revenge after I turned down upgrades to fancier cars by issuing me a lime-green Ford Fiesta, I thought it was so funny I made a point of showing it to my classmates.0 -
I was completely clueless about everything. I rebelled quite a bit my senior year, but was still very, very naive (grew up in a conservative family). Now I've seen a lot of the world, have experienced a lot, but I'm still quite shy and socially awkward
I'm also a lot fatter... heh 0 -
well, i have bi polar disorder that was not diagnosed back then, so i was unmedicated. i was a peach to be around. i'm surprised my "friends" stuck around as long as they did. high school was hard for me, i was painfully shy, but hid it by acting wild and outspoken. i did too many drugs, had too much random sex and did not treat my body well. i was at my goal weight, but didnt like my body.
now i'm married. i have good people in my life, i'm medicated, i am in such a better place mentally. the down side, is the meds and my shear laziness has gained me 100lbs, so thats no good. but that can be dealt with. everything else in my life is good, much different from the person i was 20 years ago.0 -
I'm blonde,I not drunk anymore,and i'm more confident.0
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I'm thinner, my makeup skills have gotten better and I grew my eyebrows back.....actually still trying to grow them back. That's what I get for shaving them off back then. lol. Other than that, I'm still that quiet goth girl that I always was.0
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More tolerant of ppl
Street Smart
Bit more shy now, guarded.0 -
not that much really.0
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I have more money0
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Well its been about 10 years and I have gained about 10 lbs. I'm a bit more laid back in some areas and a bit less laid back in others. I still dress the same, which I should work on.0
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I was more outgoing back then. Now I'm not. I also never wanted kids then, here I am pregnant with my 3rd.0
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