I may have made a mistake by taking 3 semesters of Russian in college instead of taking Spanish. (I was in Miami - which language might I have ever used, ever?)
I took Russian because Spanish was full.
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ps - Russian is a bastard to learn and I squeaked through. Never have I been more proud of a C!
I would not have allowed anyone to stay in my apartment longer than a week.
I would NEVER have allowed them to pay rent; once that happens, they never want to leave.
I would have been reassured that I would eventually use everything I was learning in college, as improbable as that seemed to an English/Art major.
I would probably have been really depressed if I understood how much, exactly, “paying your dues” sucks sucks sucks.
Hmm, toadspittle’s thing about college made me think of one more – one that I actually do still regret: I would have taken journalism in college.
Woulda stayed in school, the first time (got kicked out, and it took 10 years to finally go back and finish).
Would never have given up my music (it was paying for college, for crying out loud. Now it’s too late).
Would have gotten rid of the chip (on my shoulder). It turned out to be pretty heavy.
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[li]I would’ve kept my comic books and baseball cards in pristine condition and would’ve hidden them in a better place so that my mom couldn’t throw them out when I was away at college.[/li][li]I would’ve started investing sooner … real estate, stocks, all that stuff.[/li][li]I woud’ve been less idealistic and more practical in selecting a career.[/li][li]I would’ve listen to my parents more (sigh).[/li][/ul]
I’d have never have changed to DH’s name if I’d known what a certain political family was going to do to shame it…over and over and over again. No relation, but the jokes were fricken’ old 15 years ago. And it’s a zillion times worse now.
read more quality children’s lit as a kid, instead of all those junky Babysitters’ Club and Sweet Valley books. I am surprised that I managed to read some decent stuff in between it all, mostly by accident.
gotten involved in some kind of afterschool activity in high school and make an active effort to make plans with my school friends outside of school. I was painfully shy and thought I was a complete bore.
let said shyness and apathy cause me to not care at all during college admissions time, and ending up at the local college, because I didn’t want to live with other people. When I finally realized how sick I was of staying at home, I had too many credits to transfer. Also study more and have more fun, like other people have said.
not made those sugar cookies that I now keep snacking on. I felt like baking and didn’t think I liked sugar cookies that much.
I would have taken more risks.
I would have taken more risks.
I would have taken more risks.
I’d have [post=6268961]hung on to my M:tG cards[/post] and instead of having $200 ten years ago, I’d have over $2000 today…
I wouldn’t have feared getting rejected by women and would have both gotten turned down a lot while also succeeding a lot too.
I wouldn’t have spent a dozen years trying to make a career at something I really didn’t like just because I didn’t want to follow in my fathers footsteps. I don’t care that I’m now doing what my father used to do, I enjoy it, that’s all that matters. The funny thing is that no one else would think our jobs related, but in my mind they are. … And even if they did think we were both in the same field, they wouldn’t care… and I can’t remember why it used to be so important to me to be different from him.
I would have come out as Poly much earlier (heck I’d have known about it and not thought I was crazy for thinking differently than everyone else about relationships) and I wouldn’t have let people tell me I was nuts to think it was possible to make those relationships a reality.
I would have gotten much more education.
I would have said “Marriage be damned” and left my first husband for the guy who was probably my soul mate, instead of divorcing my first husband to marry the guy who was his soul mate so husband #2 could get a green card.
There is a Hallmark Hall of Fame-style movie in that story.
Agree with taking more risks generally & the sentiment that I wouldn’t change too much if it meant precious stuff today would vanish.
Still, I would have bought a new house in 2002 rather than waiting for prices to fall (I certainly made much more on the sale of the old house but could afford less on the new)
I would have dived into the Techboom much sooner and dived right out again much sooner as well.
I would say take a less “practical” career path by my education – but I see the regrets of those that did that (in this thread and in life) so I’m not positive I would change … but I’d give it more serious consideration than I did at the fork in the road decsion time.