If you could have given the younger you advice...

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  • errollmaclean
    errollmaclean Posts: 562 Member
    Listen to your brother, he's right, all those girls are into you. Go away to art school. Have more fun. Relax about girls. Learn how calories and macros work, it's not about eating clean.
  • amcalmond768
    amcalmond768 Posts: 289 Member
    Don't settle.. You think you can't do better ... But oh you can!
  • thegirlinbldg8
    thegirlinbldg8 Posts: 28 Member
    I'd tell my younger self to keep an eye on her weight and not gain anymore.
    I'd tell her to be more trusting and open up more. To reach out and try to maintain contact. Making friends is harder to do the older you get.
    Stop being so scared. Its better to have tried, even if you fail you know it rather then wondering what-if. Those whatifs will taunt you.
  • Tsartele
    Tsartele Posts: 683 Member
    Start saving in your TSP when you are 19 and in the Air Force..

    Darcy is a waste of your time and energy.. she will always be an alcoholic

    When you start your E-com company save 10% of your income for the future...

    Get in shape when you are young and stay that way.. doing it at close to 40 is exponentially harder.
  • KeepingUpWithKari
    KeepingUpWithKari Posts: 287 Member
    edited July 2016
    My advice would have been:


    "Girl don't eat that garbage... It's going straight to your booty"

    x 100,000,000
  • lisawilkes20
    lisawilkes20 Posts: 138 Member
    To be more assertive, less shy & enjoy doing sport, try running as yiu like it 30 yrs on!
  • Noelani1503
    Noelani1503 Posts: 378 Member
    Take more risks. I especially wish I had taken a year off college, gone to Lesotho, and worked in a TB clinic. I still plan to do that, or something like it, but it's going to be a heck of a lot more complicated now that I have a child.
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  • JustLikeJordin
    JustLikeJordin Posts: 129 Member
    Just join the swim team already. Don't quit volleyball and push back from the table missy!
  • giammussoandrea
    giammussoandrea Posts: 1 Member
    Never start smoking.Stay focused on school.Set lots of goals.Don't worry about boys right now,there will be plenty of time for that later.STAY AWAY FROM THE WRONG CROWD.Surround yourself with positive,goal oriented people. :)
  • Scorpio8402
    Scorpio8402 Posts: 554 Member
    It wasn't your fault and stay sober
  • teamvic
    teamvic Posts: 140 Member
    Chill yhe *kitten* out and have more fun, most people are that wasted and self absorbed they won't notice, care or remember. Oh, and make the most of learning from your parents before they're gone forever.
  • SheLikesToLift
    SheLikesToLift Posts: 80 Member
    Dont take no *kitten*
  • girl_inflames
    girl_inflames Posts: 374 Member
    Don't date - stay in school - don't buy a new car.
  • BoosDimples
    BoosDimples Posts: 2,826 Member
    Stop it! Back the f up! "What other people think of you is none of your business!"
    You KNOW who you are. Be proud of it. Live your life for YOU! You're worth so much more than you'll ever know.. That stubborn *kitten*? It'll serve you better than all the plattidudes you'll ever hear..pay attention and stop putting everyone else, first! :heart:
  • gainerpal
    gainerpal Posts: 43 Member

    ^^^
    loridawn16701 wrote: »
    Don't get married....after 23 years you'll split

  • Shana67
    Shana67 Posts: 680 Member
    DON'T GET MARRIED AT THE AGE OF 20!! Too young, you are too young and there is so much left for you to do before you settle down with one person for the rest of your life.

    That, and - get more exercise. You're going to need it :)
  • AskTracyAnnK28
    AskTracyAnnK28 Posts: 2,817 Member
    Please don't start smoking. Just don't.

    SAVE YOUR MONEY!!

    And when your "BFF" says she's your "BFF FOR LIFE!!" - she's wrong. She's going to drop you like a bad habit after she gets married and has kids.

    Also, when you're 33 and you meet a man named Tim? Run away...fast!!
  • Sinistrous
    Sinistrous Posts: 5,589 Member
    Make contact with California and find him before it's too late.
  • Frankenbarbie01
    Frankenbarbie01 Posts: 432 Member
    the only thing that limits you is your fears, and most of the time they are irrational and not founded on anything but another personas perception of you (which really...they aren't even thinking about anymore, so stop!) You are capable of so many things, athletic and academically.....oh and stop smoking. Its dumb. You're going to live a lot longer than you think you are so start taking better care of your body now. And I love you no matter what happens.
  • Frankenbarbie01
    Frankenbarbie01 Posts: 432 Member
    xxxTiaxxx wrote: »
    I'm seriously loving all of these :)

    But I'm now wondering if our younger selves would have actually listened lol

    Hells NO!!! LOL
    My friends mom had a poster on her fridge attention teenagers! NOW is the time for action!! Leave home and pay your own way while you still know everything!!....she sent a copy home with me one day lol
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  • Caitlinbc
    Caitlinbc Posts: 1,914 Member
    Do not use food to self medicate.
    Get help for emotional and mental issues.
    Stop caring about what people think.
    Stand up for yourself.
    Get out of JW.
  • christy2820
    christy2820 Posts: 24 Member
    I think I would just tell myself, " I love you and be easy on yourself"
  • Hey_Its_That_One_Guy
    Hey_Its_That_One_Guy Posts: 21,763 Member
    edited July 2016
    "Ladies love a man who eats it from behind."
  • _birdie__
    _birdie__ Posts: 308 Member
    edited July 2016
    am i the only one who gets more confused as time moves forward

    i think i had about everything figured out as a kid

    lost a bit of it by the time i was a teenager/early twenties

    now i'm like wandering around the desert exiled from my homeland

  • Dannigreen31
    Dannigreen31 Posts: 557 Member
    The exact advice you have given yourself. Don't get serious so young and ruin your best years ha settle down in your 30s!
    Also stop putting everyone else first and say no more
  • Will_Run_for_Food
    Will_Run_for_Food Posts: 561 Member
    Put the vodka back
  • SBHWeav
    SBHWeav Posts: 89 Member
    You're beautiful.
    Stop starving yourself.
    Stop measuring your worth by outside standards.
    Don't date him.
    Stay in school.
    Enjoy being a teenager. It's gone way quicker than you realize.
    Go to the college you dreamed of going to. Become a music journalist.
    Stop being your brothers (and his friends) caretaker. He has parents.
    Do. Not. Date. Him.
    Live a life that you won't regret everything. Regrets kill your spirit.
  • jenovatrix
    jenovatrix Posts: 219 Member
    Get your bipolar diagnosed earlier, don't waste your teenage years enslaved to it
    Don't major in journalism, in fact skip college till you're older
    Don't date guys named Tim
    Don't stress-eat, I know Haagen Dazs is delicious but 50 pounds ain't worth it
    Advocate for yourself more
    And kiss David. Don't wait 10 years

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