Imagine being able to travel back in time and have a conversation with your younger self. What words of wisdom or advice would you share? What experiences or lessons learned would you want them to know about?

  • eezeebee@lemmy.ca
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    12 hours ago
    • kick out the drummer
    • she’s not worth it
    • she is also not worth it
    • save every last dollar you can
    • don’t smoke that cigarette
    • forget BlackBerry, put it in an index fund instead
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    8 hours ago

    There are a lot of amazing people in your life, such as [List of great friends], be sure to be a excellent friend to them to. However, some of your relationships will break apart with others, be kinder and more understanding to/of [List of lost friends]

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    16 hours ago

    Take a hard Look at your partner, this is the best you’ll ever get. Dont fuck it up. Listen to them and go to fucking therapy.

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      Save as much money as possible;

      Short AA at the end of Aug 2001; you’ll know when to cover.

      In Oct 2001 buy AAPL

      In 2008 buy bitcoin… keep buying, and WRITE DOWN YOUR PASSWORDS, until it hits $100. Don’t worry about it; just do it.

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    Hey, dont join the military. Go to college and do programming. Trust me, you want to go onto IT, youll be good at it.

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    15 hours ago

    I’ve always had this answer for any of these kinds of questions. I would never say anything to them, but I’d give them a USB flashdrive. In it are a series of documents and pictures. They’re of things of importance that I’ve listed. Things of what to do and not do, people to meet earlier than later and things I’ve noted.

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    23 hours ago

    You aren’t a fuckup because you weren’t smart enough to protect yourself from getting hurt by others. Your parents are supposed to be looking out for you and they are not. They are to blame, not you.

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    17 hours ago

    Caring what others think is a waste of your time. Always trust your gut, it was always the best option.

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    18 hours ago

    I would probably tell myself not to bother with college and suggest I go to a technical school instead. Apparently degrees aren’t worth jack shit around here.

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    18 hours ago

    Literally nothing.

    Give him a high five and tell him to keep doing what he is doing. Since we invent the time machine, I wouldn’t want to fuck that up. Really I wouldn’t even visit.

    I would however be expecting a visit from my future self, to get the details on how to solve global warming and a bunch of other issues.

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    22 hours ago

    I’m not sure I would. If I could have avoided the bullshit or done the things that would have optimized my income and wealth, I don’t think I would have ended up where I am now. The risk doesn’t seem worth it, I would be a completely different person with a completely different life.