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jaimebeth9 · April 2012

If you could go back and talk to yourself when you were a senior in high school (just getting ready to graduate), what advice would you give yourself in order to change something about the past X number of years?

jaimebeth9 · April 2012

I'd go back and tell myself that even though organized group sports are over, that's not an excuse not to exercise. I wish so much I had kept up my habits from high school as far as working out went. Life would be so much different today.

xojo1 · April 2012

I'd probably tell myself to loosen up, go to college single, and have more FUN while there. The only thing I ever really wonder about is that I never experienced being young and single. Not that I want to have slept around or anything, but I do think it would have been fun to just date a bit more.

Does this sound bad? Like I'm unhappy? Because I'm not. I just feel like I missed out on something.

rbagsgirl · April 2012

I'd tell myself that college is way more important than any guy and to finish college.

cookiemonster03 · April 2012

relax, do things that scare you (eg meet new people), and don't be such a tight ass.

I didn't really make friends until later in college and that made it really tough being so far from home. of course, I don't know if I would have branched out at all had I NOT left - probably not - so I needed that growth time. I do wish I was less of a prude though, and had more fun. Oh, and do something (school wise) you like, not what you're "supposed" to be doing. Would have saved me some time and $ down the road.

jenndawnp · April 2012

Slap myself and say you're really not fat and keep up the diet and exercise. Don't be lazy.

Kasi80 · April 2012

Disclaimer: In no way am I unhappy with my life now with regards to Suri and Andrew.

If I could go back I would tell myself to still go into the military however not to get married so young and especially not to who I married. I would have told myself to stay single, not to have a kid yet and go also to school while I was in the military and get a BA/BS and a Master's at least. I would have also told myself to stay in and follow through with my plan of retiring from there after 20 years. Marriage and a kid so young changed my course.

abvernon · April 2012

Hmmm....good question!

I would say to myself:

Go and enjoy college! Have fun! Meet new people! Enjoy life! I really kept to myself (went to school, did my homework and then worked PT). Even though, Brian and I were "on a break", I still was hung up on him. I did date here and there but it was always a comparison. I know in the end it worked out.

Another thing would to be more involved in committees/groups so I could meet new people. I really do not have alot of close friends now.

If my parents had the money, I would have gone away to college-I got accepted to UC Santa Barbara and ASU but they could not afford it so I went to a local community college and then went to our local state college.

marytini · April 2012

I would tell myself to get a job and work more during college to pay for my fun money etc rather than using loan money that i will forever be paying off. Also to take spanish classrs even though they werent required.

cherrys · April 2012

I would tell myself to take college seriously, and go for a degree in something more useful. Instead of going to massage school and not finishing. Which also leads to I would also tell myself the importance of having a good credit score.

PrettyInPearls23 · April 2012

I would tell myself that finishing college in 4-5 years is the smart thing to do.

Oh, and don't date the guy you work with when you're 20. He's a waste of time.

mainezilla · April 2012

To travel abroad, only time in your life you can travel on someone else's dime, and really live overseas without huge risks. I would have stcuck it out at UVM and not thought my college bf in Ct was worth everything. But those choices led me to my life now which I love. Also don't sign up for those credit cards!!!!

SugarhillHnA · April 2012

Well, I was already in college in what would've been my senior year, but my advice would've been to make sure he wrapped it!!! Pull and pray doesn't work forever. Of course that whole experience is part of who I am today and I made a loving couple a family, so I'm not so sure I'd want to take it back. I would at least tell myself that it would take time to heal emotionally, but that I was definitely making the right choice as he was/is a DB and I would understand in time. I'd also tell myself to switch my major to college transfer and when I transferred to try dorm life.

xojo1 · April 2012

mainezilla:
To travel abroad

I might have to change mine to this! Study abroad is something I so should have done.

firewife9278 · April 2012

I would tell myself NOT to major in secondary education, since I never found a job in my field and wasted an entire year on a teaching internship. I would tell myself to look into hospitality/events as a major instead of English Lit and French!

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