What piece of advice would you give your younger self

I would tell my younger self not to expect others to do everything for me but to be brave enough to stand alone and take chances in life. I can be frightened and conservative to the point where it's detrimental. I need to have more confidence and be braver in life even now.
 

Good question and oh so much I would say to my young self. I doubt I would have listened though. Life/experience is a harsh teacher.

Mainly: don't trust anyone easily, don't allow yourself to be treated as a doormat ever, most men have their motives and agendas to suit their best interests so do not trust them unless they earn it. Don't be naive or hasty, there are no prizes for it.

Do not tell people your business, control your tongue. Do not get involved in other people's problems without good reason.
Don't seek the vain praise of fellow humans - seek instead to do what is right in God's eyes.
 

What piece of advice would you give your younger self?​


Tim, young fella, never try to interrupt and get a word in when a group of ladies are talking, usually they all talk at once.

Well how do I communicate with them Tim, old fella?

The best plan, Tim, young fella, is to write it all down on a piece of paper, then make a series of folds in the paper so that you have made a paper aeroplane, write on it, "Open me now," then hurl the plane into the middle of the ladies.
There will be a momentary lull in their chatting, and they will be so curious to know the contents, and they'll all be asking in unison, "What does it say?"

Thanks, Tim, old fella what a super idea, do you always do that?

No, Tim, young fella, it never works, but it might give you something to do. 😊
 
Leave the girls alone. A girl told me she she really liked me when we were in seventh grade and I attached myself to her. She was probably one of the top 10 prettiest girls in my class. We stuck together through tenth grade. We were definitely a “steady” couple through that time period.

Had I spent more time with my studies than with her, I may have advanced myself much further and quicker. I keep looking back and whipping myself thinking I spent 4 full years with this girl and didn’t gain anything from it.

Definitely a waste of time.
 
Born_To_Lose said:
Leave the girls alone. A girl told me she she really liked me when we were in seventh grade and I attached myself to her. She was probably one of the top 10 prettiest girls in my class. We stuck together through tenth grade. We were definitely a “steady” couple through that time period.

Had I spent more time with my studies than with her, I may have advanced myself much further and quicker. I keep looking back and whipping myself thinking I spent 4 full years with this girl and didn’t gain anything from it.

Definitely a waste of time.
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I invested three years in a female colleague at the university. What a waste of time too. This happens, but it's not the end of the world.
 
I've always told my 20 year old daughters...

"You won't care what people think of you when you are 30, so why not start now?"

I found the thirties to be the best decade. You no longer imitate...and just become yourself...who you were truly meant to be. :)
 
None really - my younger self would still be me. Kids rarely listen to advice from adults anyway.:LOL:

As our lovely Queenie said 'Never complain and never explain'. I would add to the 'never explain' - 'unless you're caught' ;)

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But if I did give advice to my younger self, it would mean I perceive myself as being in the future - therefore I would say:

Don't waste your emotions joining others complaining to our boss about a colleague's behaviour in 1999. He witnessed a series of her actions and behaviour and would go on to sack her based on those anyway.
So chill out kiddo and tell the others to do the same. ;)
 
I thought of more advice for old me...

'Gather ye rosebuds while ye may' Unless I have quite a surprise in my future, my advice to young me would be to have lots and lots of 'fun' because you won't know when the last romantic kiss and last 'fun' will have been.
 
After thinking about this for a couple of days there's nothing my younger self would listen to so we'll just have to make the mistakes that lead to today, it's a nice fantasy though a chance to change to a whole different set of problems.
 

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