What would you do differently

[Jazzy1]

If you could live your life again (a do-over) what would you do differently armed with the knowledge you have now?

 

[IrishEyes]

My choices lead to many lessons and abilities I would need later in life. Knowing what I know now
I am not sure some things I could have changed as it was events in the world around me that caused them.
The only period of time I could have changed by my choices for better results would have been the 2 years
after my husband died. I lost myself for a bit during that time but I did manage to save myself once the grief passed.
So "Let It Ride", I came out a better person due to it all and I know there is still room for improvement to come.

 

[Capt Lightning]

Impossible, I know, but I would have chosen my parents more carefully.

 

[hollydolly]

I would have learned to speak Chinese...

 

[StillLearning]

There’s a book called The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. The book explores all the different choices this woman could have made in her life and the aftermath. Basically a type of butterfly effect. It’s an interesting read.

I’ve made mistakes and have paid the consequences. Would I change anything? No. It’s lead me to my experiences and I’m grateful.

 

[officerripley]

Impossible, I know, but I would have chosen my parents more carefully.

Same here!

I've also sometimes felt afraid that even if I were able to go back and make changes, I'd find out, like a character in one movie I saw, that the only change I could make to make things better for those I cared about was to never have been born.

 

[Tommy]

The question made me think of the movie "It's a Wonderful Life".

 

[officerripley]

The question made me think of the movie "It's a Wonderful Life".

Yeah, that movie I mentioned above is kind of the opposite of IAWL.

 

[astralcat]

I would have travelled more. Although I had the means to travel, the idea of travelling alone wasn’t on my radar. The times I did venture out, I had someone to travel with.

 

[Been There]

Beg my parents to stay home that night when they were both killed.

 

[HoneyNut]

I guess I would tell myself to stay in college and to become a lawyer. Then I could have made a good income and probably married a fellow lawyer (I'd give myself some advice about choosing a spouse on more than infatuation/sex appeal) and had a few kids while I was young enough to chase little ones around the house. We would have had enough income that I still could have had a horse and travel.

But, I'm so glad for the experiences I had instead, even if it took me 16 years to get a bachelor degree because I kept dropping out to do things like move out of state with a boyfriend, live abroad, etc.

And although I regret not having perpetuated my genes, I'm glad I have the daughter I adopted in my mid-40s.

No other horse could have been a perfect and lovable as the horse I had. Oh, and the feral cat I captured and brought home from abroad would have had a short hard life instead of a long spoiled one.