If you could go back 10 years...

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  • Darlingir
    Darlingir Posts: 437
    Lose weight now while your skin can still bounce back!!!!
  • Trechechus
    Trechechus Posts: 2,819 Member
    Put the Twinkies away and get your butt to the beach!!
  • AggieLu
    AggieLu Posts: 873 Member
    Don't settle.
  • KickassAugust
    KickassAugust Posts: 1,430 Member
    You just got divorced, don't date for at least a year... Don't settle!
  • BrownEyedSister
    BrownEyedSister Posts: 74 Member
    Wow there are so many points in my life I'd love to do this. Realistically, I am very happy with my life now - it just took a lot of trial and effort to get here.

    But here's what I'd tell myself:
    1. It's not too late - sure you already married him, but don't wait any longer, you're not happy, never was a good match - get out before he ruins you financially and it takes years to recover
    2. In a couple of years when you meet A$$hat realize immediately that every word that comes out of his mouth is a lie. It's the same song, just a different verse with him.
    3. Leave the job with the crappy boss before he makes your life a living hell
    4. In Sep, 2008 you'll ride your motorcycle to work every Friday. Don't take the curvy road to work! Your bike may recover, but your shoulder will never be the same!!!
    5. In 2009 you will meet a man named Sergio. He is awesome. Keep your eyes out for him!
    6. When your baby sister keeps telling you how terrific her Mac is, don't roll your eyes, go buy stock - as much as you can afford!!
  • sheltielover
    sheltielover Posts: 135 Member
    dont be such a victim to this Cancer... you beat it- you are stronger than this. Stop using it as an excuse to put on weight and isolate yourself.
  • sabrinamunin
    sabrinamunin Posts: 34
    I'd like to go back twelve years and tell myself DON'T STOP WORKING OUT AND COUNTING CALORIES!!! Also, "Don't take that job at the auction company, the owner is abusive and crazy!!!"

    In 2000 I was the thinnest and healthiest I've ever been. Losing a job and moving to a highly stressful one, plus slacking off on healthy eating and exercise is what got me here today.
  • sheltielover
    sheltielover Posts: 135 Member
    There's only one thing that I currently would absolutely tell myself not to do, I've made lots of stupid decisions in the past ten years but almost every single one of them has probably gotten me to the best things I have now.


    I like this!
  • SylentZee
    SylentZee Posts: 262
    Don't marry him he's going to become and addicted to pain killers and destroy your life.....

    Max Payne?

    I'd say to myself: Hey you, invent a network where users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, update their status, add other users as friends, and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile.
  • emuhawk
    emuhawk Posts: 62 Member
    These are the best times! Dump the boyfriend and go find somebody worthy of you!

    Amen!!!
  • sheltielover
    sheltielover Posts: 135 Member
    In a few years, you'll go through a lot with a certain guy. Hang on to him. You need each other more than you know.

    Love this. ^^^


    Beautiful.
  • wbgolden
    wbgolden Posts: 2,066 Member
    "OONTA GOONTA, SOLO?"
  • Katie3784
    Katie3784 Posts: 543
    Quit doing drugs, go to college.
  • africaa
    africaa Posts: 228
    10 years ago..I was like 10 lol so I'd just tell myself to join a sport so I wouldn't gain any weight..
  • ElizabethObviously
    ElizabethObviously Posts: 380 Member
    Love and appreciate your grandparents while you can!
  • TheLongRunner
    TheLongRunner Posts: 688 Member
    Cherish EVERY moment you have with your mom! She won't be here to spend time with in 10 years. :sad:
  • SylentZee
    SylentZee Posts: 262
    Cherish EVERY moment you have with your mom! She won't be here to spend time with in 10 years. :sad:

    That's sweet :cry:
  • SylentZee
    SylentZee Posts: 262
    "OONTA GOONTA, SOLO?"

    "Coo wolpa tooney rana."
  • aheartbeatsos
    aheartbeatsos Posts: 87
    To 12 year old me.

    "A lot of terrible things are going to happen to you in the next few years.
    You're going to blame yourself. You're going to hurt.
    IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT."
  • SeeBerSmile
    SeeBerSmile Posts: 16 Member
    Don't give up on school!
  • Carlito21
    Carlito21 Posts: 18 Member
    You have no idea!
  • fiberartist219
    fiberartist219 Posts: 1,865 Member
    I would tell myself to not take school and work so seriously. Ten years later, no one cares what kind of grades I got, or if I made the Dean's list. I didn't really make enough money at any of those jobs to worry about them either.

    Oddly enough, it was what I was up to on the weekends that influenced my life the most. I met the man of my dreams and dropped a boatload of gas money to go see him, and THAT is the most important thing I've ever done for myself. At the time, I thought it was so risky and I was afraid to spend so much time and money on someone like that, but it was worth it!

    I would also tell myself to take better care of myself. I realized early on that I couldn't pull all nighters like other kids could, or eat fast food without a stomach ache, but I didn't realize that my own irregular habits were causing my migraines and destroying my metabolism. I wish I had gone to bed at the same time every night, waken up at the same time every day and eaten nutritious meals regularly.

    I wish I could tell myself that it IS possible for me to get fat. 10 years ago, I was a healthy weight, and no matter what I ate, I couldn't gain. 5 years ago it creeped up on me, and just a year ago I was obese. I had no idea when I was young that my metabolism would hit a wall like that.
  • gigibenton
    gigibenton Posts: 123 Member
    That worrying never changed a thing...quit worrying it will all work out in the end. That good things can come out of really bad times.
  • Myzippyboy
    Myzippyboy Posts: 14 Member
    Go back ten years and not much to change but spending more time with family thats not here now and focusing on
    someone really important to me. Go back twenty and thats a whole different story. I would say, you like your healthy,
    rockin body dont you, dont let it go by the way side... All in all I've been really lucky in having a good life with a few
    speed bumps here and there but nothing life altering.
  • Kerri_is_so_very
    Kerri_is_so_very Posts: 999 Member
    Spend more time with my dad.....I miss him very much.
  • kansasbelle
    kansasbelle Posts: 264 Member
    Don't marry him he's going to become and addicted to pain killers and destroy your life.....

    Are you still married?

    Divorced 5/11/12 Still sad to watch someone you loved slowly kill themselves.
  • keenslk
    keenslk Posts: 126
    you only have 7 more years left with your dadda - tell him you love him everyday, appreciate him, hug him and dont waste a second with him because in 10 years the only thing you will want is him back in your life...
  • DisneyAddictRW
    DisneyAddictRW Posts: 800 Member
    Life will all work out over time just keep pushing!

    (10yrs ago this summer my hubby was told to go home and enjoy life he had apx 2 yrs to live since his medication failed)
  • dentelledelicate
    dentelledelicate Posts: 4
    Enjoy being small while it lasts!
  • GoodIntentions2012
    GoodIntentions2012 Posts: 6
    Life does not end after divorce. You will fall in love again and remarry and relocate and live an abundant life in every way.




    ^^love this!!....now I just have to believe
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