What would you do if you woke up tomorrow and you were 13 years old again?

laprimaJenny
laprimaJenny Posts: 1,495 Member
edited December 21 in Chit-Chat
What would you do if you woke up tomorrow and you were 13 years old again but still had your current memories and experiences?

What are some of the regrets you’ve had? Or what opportunities do you feel you’ve missed out on?
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  • Reckoner67
    Reckoner67 Posts: 3,344 Member
    I’d be so frustrated at having to do it over again to get to this point
  • samtarlyonadiet
    samtarlyonadiet Posts: 917 Member
    I was a terrible student. Low effort. Didn't try. But I succeeded in school.

    I think this time around I'd try a lot harder. Oh, and girls aren't scary. Talk to more girls as mustachioed 5'2" 13 year old.
  • laprimaJenny
    laprimaJenny Posts: 1,495 Member
    I would be more confident
  • laprimaJenny
    laprimaJenny Posts: 1,495 Member
    I would’ve actually studied in high school
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  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,590 MFP Moderator
    Been watching some Zach Effron movies?


    Honestly if I could I would refuse the opportunity. I am terrified of the butterfly effect, so I would be super worried any little thing would completely ruin my life. I have been very lucky, in an alternate reality I think it is more likely to be worse than better.
  • samtarlyonadiet
    samtarlyonadiet Posts: 917 Member
    4legsRbetterthan2 wrote: »
    Been watching some Zach Effron movies?


    Honestly if I could I would refuse the opportunity. I am terrified of the butterfly effect, so I would be super worried any little thing would completely ruin my life. I have been very lucky, in an alternate reality I think it is more likely to be worse than better.

    You can't refuse it woman, refusing it would cause an even bigger buttery effect!
  • rickiimarieee
    rickiimarieee Posts: 2,212 Member
    I wouldn’t change anything! I’m meant to be where I’m at now and my mistakes have shaped me into the person I am today. Without those mistakes, who knows where I’d be at today like if I took away those mistakes how it would change my current life.
  • your_future_ex_wife
    your_future_ex_wife Posts: 4,278 Member
    I would dig a hole and crawl in to stay until I was 18
  • laprimaJenny
    laprimaJenny Posts: 1,495 Member
    rickiimarieee wrote: »
    I wouldn’t change anything! I’m meant to be where I’m at now and my mistakes have shaped me into the person I am today. Without those mistakes, who knows where I’d be at today like if I took away those mistakes how it would change my current life.

    That’s a valid point. Overall I agree with this. Although, I wish my mother spent more time in helping me to be aware of several things that are simply common sense that unfortunately I had to learn on my own.
  • iMago
    iMago Posts: 8,714 Member
    hard to say. if i tried to change things idk if it'd cause more problems or not.

    would be nice to be able to go back and stop my ma from drinking the way she did. might've saved her in the long run.

    would have spent more time with my grandma. tell her thank you more often at the least. she was a cool old lady and taught me a lot about the world and i never really listened until after the fact.

    would have enjoyed those summer breaks a lot more for sure too.
  • PAFC84
    PAFC84 Posts: 1,871 Member
    laprimaJenny wrote: »
    I would be more confident

    How would you be more confident though? Or perhaps a better question, what would you do to improve your confidence?
  • PAFC84
    PAFC84 Posts: 1,871 Member
    4legsRbetterthan2 wrote: »
    Been watching some Zach Effron movies?


    Honestly if I could I would refuse the opportunity. I am terrified of the butterfly effect, so I would be super worried any little thing would completely ruin my life. I have been very lucky, in an alternate reality I think it is more likely to be worse than better.

    Or "Big" with Tom Hanks which kinda creeped me out a bit.
  • lx1x
    lx1x Posts: 38,330 Member
    Hmm..🤔 get into more trouble knowing the future holds..
  • gillie80
    gillie80 Posts: 214 Member
    cry!

    I might try harder at school, learn the value of money a bit better, try out sports and defo not quit the violin
  • powerplaymsu
    powerplaymsu Posts: 131 Member
    I'd wish for the meteorite hit discussed in the other thread!
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  • Cowsfan1
    Cowsfan1 Posts: 7,937 Member
    Like most I’d actually try in school and actually focus on sports and fitness rather than drugs and beer -
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    I'm probably over thinking this, but if I had all my current experiences and memories, but was young again and knew that I'd live to at least the age I am now...what would I do?
    I'm confusing myself!
    For one thing, I always thought I'd die young. So I'd tell 13 year old me that I have "time", don't rush and follow your dreams and explore all those ideas. Go to Australia!

    Basically I guess I'd like to say I'd make better choices and not be afraid to do exactly what I want. I wouldn't waste time. And as I type this, I recognize that it's what I strive for currently, but just feel "stuck" sometimes.
  • your_future_ex_wife
    your_future_ex_wife Posts: 4,278 Member
    Vikka_V wrote: »
    I'm probably over thinking this, but if I had all my current experiences and memories, but was young again and knew that I'd live to at least the age I am now...what would I do?
    I'm confusing myself!
    For one thing, I always thought I'd die young. So I'd tell 13 year old me that I have "time", don't rush and follow your dreams and explore all those ideas. Go to Australia!

    Basically I guess I'd like to say I'd make better choices and not be afraid to do exactly what I want. I wouldn't waste time. And as I type this, I recognize that it's what I strive for currently, but just feel "stuck" sometimes.

    Excellent point. ❤️
  • The_Aly_Wei
    The_Aly_Wei Posts: 844 Member
    I would change a few things here and there just to make life easier on myself...but overall not much. Being dumb at 13 seems to be a necessary part of the process.

    I would learn how to do my hair earlier though. That ish was a wreck.
  • Mm2Hh7
    Mm2Hh7 Posts: 1,673 Member
    I’d get on anxiety meds instead of waiting until my 30’s. I’d be more confident and nicer to myself. I wouldn’t quit things when they got hard. I’d listen to my Mom more because it turns out she was actually right about everything!
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  • CoffeeAndContour
    CoffeeAndContour Posts: 1,466 Member
    edited May 2019
    I’d be livid that I had to repeat high school. I was always “too nice” and it did me no favours as a teenager. So I’d first learn you can be kind while still understanding how you are to be treated. I’d work harder, and just go straight into the field I really wanted as opposed to being scared of it. I’d definitely appreciate the body I had more, and I’d stay away from drugs and parties and take it more seriously this time. If all my friends are 13 again too, I’d scrap 80% of them and focus my energy with like minded people. I’d travel more. And I’d eat better too. I’d date the nice guy since i’ve already learned my lessons with the a-holes. And I would be nicer to my parents. I’d spend more time with my brother, and really just be the person I wish I could have been then.
  • laprimaJenny
    laprimaJenny Posts: 1,495 Member
    PAFC84 wrote: »
    laprimaJenny wrote: »
    I would be more confident

    How would you be more confident though? Or perhaps a better question, what would you do to improve your confidence?

    I wouldn’t limit myself to preconceived baises that I gave to myself or that others have deemed upon me.

    I would try new things regardless of what others think of me.

    I would attempt to face my fears.

    I wouldn’t be afraid to embrace my femininity in the way I dress and act.
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Probably the same thing I did every day when I was 13 and experiencing puberty.
  • Reckoner67
    Reckoner67 Posts: 3,344 Member
    CoffeeAndContour wrote: »
    I’d be livid that I had to repeat high school. I was always “too nice” and it did me no favours as a teenager. So I’d first learn you can be kind while still understanding how you are to be treated. I’d work harder, and just go straight into the field I really wanted as opposed to being scared of it. I’d definitely appreciate the body I had more, and I’d stay away from drugs and parties and take it more seriously this time. If all my friends are 13 again too, I’d scrap 80% of them and focus my energy with like minded people. I’d travel more. And I’d eat better too. I’d date the nice guy since i’ve already learned my lessons with the a-holes. And I would be nicer to my parents. I’d spend more time with my brother, and really just be the person I wish I could have been then.

    This is what would kill me; repeating high school. Those years were a lot of struggle, some fun too but mostly struggle. I survived them once, and that was enough
  • JenSD6
    JenSD6 Posts: 454 Member
    Having to do my teen years again sounds like torture. Did puberty once, that was enough. But maybe this time around I could actually figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up. I'd not cry over stupid backstabby friends because I know who my real friends were. Not be too afraid to take a risk and go away to university. Not get engaged at 17. Not fall into the fast food and convenience store weight-gain trap when I moved from the county into the city. Pursue fun passions like cosplay and makeup artistry while I was young and beautiful and not gaining the weight I know now how to avoid. Focus on singing more. And I'd know that depression and social anxiety are something I will have to work with all my life.

    But then I'd never have met my husband or probably ever moved to Vancouver. It would be a hard trade off.
  • sorryitsyeehawhours
    sorryitsyeehawhours Posts: 2 Member
    i am 13 hahajdjdjdj
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