If you could change one decision in your life...

nataliejp519 · January 2010

...what would it be and why?

nataliejp519 · January 2010

I wouldn't have majored in Communications in college. I should have majored in Nursing or Education so I could have a job where I can help more people and am more hands on. Not just sitting at a desk all day.

sarlah · January 2010

I would have taken school more seriously.

edit: Forgot to say "why" - I messed around a lot in school and never got a degree. It's almost impossible to find a good job without a degree now, and DH & I wish we could move out of CA.

FutureMrs.McC · January 2010

I would have been a teacher so I could enjoy summer. My mom's a teacher, how could I be so stupid? Didn't I notice her floating around in the pool, 7 days a week for 3 months?

oohlypinon · January 2010

I would not have gotten married when I was 20. I can't tell you how much I wish this wedding/ marriage was going to be my one and only. I also truly belive that if I had not gotten married young then I would have stuck with school and gotten a degree.

stlucia_wife · January 2010

i would of gone to a university. i think about this all the time.

AprilJT · January 2010

I would have went to grad school. I got my degree, in psychology, 6 weeks before my son was born. I kept putting off going back to school and now it has been almost 5 years since I graduated. I can't get a job in psychology without an advanced degree and now that I'm pregnant again, which I'm thrilled about but it just means that I don't see myself going back anytime soon.

lauralizabee · January 2010

I wouldn't have dated the same guy for the last 2 and a half years of HS. All the people that I would have been friends with still are no longer friends because I was such a terrible friend in HS and I just miss them all terribly, every day.

kingpepsisgirl · January 2010

Absolutely nothing. Everything happens for a reason...and good or bad it all made me who I am today. I wouldn't change anything and I don't regret anything.

BlueMnM · January 2010

kingpepsisgirl:
Absolutely nothing. Everything happens for a reason...and good or bad it all made me who I am today. I wouldn't change anything and I don't regret anything.

this. if one thing had been changed in my past i would not be where i am now, married to DH. i am really happy in my life. so despite things that may not have gone the way i wanted them to, i have no regrets.

kristinemarie7 · January 2010

I would not have bought my condo. I thought I was doing the responsible thing and purchasing a home. Six and a half years later and foreclosures are going for half of what I paid for mine. We rent it out but we still incur a loss each month.

natalie115 · January 2010

I would have saved more money. I used to have a really hard time saving money and not spending the minute I got paid. I'm still sort of an impulse shopper, but I'm not nearly as bad as I used to be. If I had saved more money then (when I was living at home with just a few bills) we would probably be homeowners already, be able to go to Hawaii next year, start TTC sooner, and just be more financially stable.

Mrs.S_0909 · January 2010

I wish I wouldn't have wasted so much money on college. (Yes, you read that right!) Or that I would've at least gotten a different degree. My business degree is pretty much useless, and since my ultimate goal is to be a SAHM, I feel like it is a waste of a degree, and like I'm paying $300+ a month in loans for the rest of my life for nothing. Blah.

eamaines · January 2010

BlueMnM:

kingpepsisgirl:
Absolutely nothing. Everything happens for a reason...and good or bad it all made me who I am today. I wouldn't change anything and I don't regret anything.

this. if one thing had been changed in my past i would not be where i am now, married to DH. i am really happy in my life. so despite things that may not have gone the way i wanted them to, i have no regrets.

THIS

I couldn't have said it better myself!!

Miami_Bride909 · January 2010

Mine would have been to leave my purse at home the day it got stolen. I took our dog to the park and hid my purse under my jacket in the car and someone must have been watching. I only took her on a 10 minute walk and it some a*hole broke into my car and stole my brand new purse.

Lisa7 · January 2010

I wouldn't have wasted so much time & $ on college. But that I mean, taken so long. The 1st 3 years, I wasn't into it or ready so didn't really go. At least I finally got my degree 3 years ago

MissMex · January 2010

BlueMnM:

kingpepsisgirl:
Absolutely nothing. Everything happens for a reason...and good or bad it all made me who I am today. I wouldn't change anything and I don't regret anything.

this. if one thing had been changed in my past i would not be where i am now, married to DH. i am really happy in my life. so despite things that may not have gone the way i wanted them to, i have no regrets.

Maria, I'm w/ you and Tammy on this, I am where I am in life because of the decisions I've made. Hopefully I will learn from that bad ones, like wasting $ on stupid things and not taking school more seriously, - I feel like this is a common theme for a bunch of us. Hopefully we can all learn/remember...

However, I will say having bangs during the years of 1998-approx 2001, was a very bad decision. In fact using the hair stylist I used during that time was just plain stupid.I would take this back in a heartbeat. Why oh why did I not meet Christoper (my current stylist earlier)?????

Izzybeth3 · January 2010

I would have stayed at my old job, even though I hated it, just for the financial stability it would have given us.

mrybrwn9 · January 2010

I would have spent more time with my dad before he passed away. I miss him terribly every day and it has been 15 years.

hawaiianbride08 · January 2010

Like others, I try to live with no regrets and I tend not to hold onto long term ones at least. But right now I regret not convincing my sister to get health insurance, and keeping that she didn't have it from my parents. I know money is tight for her, but she probably could have found a way to manage that monthly payment better than she'll be able to handle her surgery bill.

jebuell · January 2010

I would have insisted on a follow-up appointment when they found a "small unknown mass" in my uterus during a cyst ultrasound when I was 15. Would have saved me a lot of time and hassle now!

And I don't think this change would have done anything to affect how my life is today except there's be a baby in it somewhere. My future would be much different, but my past would still have me where I am today.

natalee215 · January 2010

natalie115:
I would have saved more money. I used to have a really hard time saving money and not spending the minute I got paid. I'm still sort of an impulse shopper, but I'm not nearly as bad as I used to be.

This. I wish that I had been better with money earlier on. Had I started saving 10 years ago the way I do now, we would be in much better financial shape.

MmeBP · January 2010

I don't think I would change anything I've done, but I wish I would have gone to grad school. I always said I would get my MBA and now I don't know if I ever will. I did however get my CPA and CIA so it wasn't a complete loss.

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