You have a chance to travel back in time. You get 1 minute from midnight tonight to 12:01 am. You cannot say anything. You can write 3 things on a piece of paper. You cannot take anything with you. When you return, depending on what you put on the note, you will have no memory of the 10 years you just lived. What 3 things do you write down and how do you think your life would be different now?
Mine would be:
Invest in stock market, get out in 99.
Buy the house now, don’t wait 8 years.
Pitch idea of online internet auctions. Call it Mbay.
I would like to think I would be doing very well for myself and I would not be dragging my butt to work every morning to a job that is becoming more depressing everyday.
My wife just asked me after she read this if I knew that we may not have the grandchildren that we dearly love if this could happen. Your choices could have an impact if someone is alive or never was tomorrow.
1 Sept. 2000 - turn all your tech investments from longs to shorts. Wait 2 years to pay them back.
Don’t give notice at your old company just because Interbrand has given you a written promise to hire you at the end of the month. They’re lying and will leave you twisting in the wind without a second thought.
Do NOT go out with an incredibly good-looking guy named Craig.
Tell your OB, from the very first visit, that you want an epidural during delivery. Make him write it in the chart at every appointment, because your second baby is gonna weigh over 11 pounds.
Major in Math. I know you think I’m crazy, but trust me in this one. You will love it.
Do whatever it takes to hang onto you-know-who. Maybe it won’t work out, but you have to try. It will haunt you forever if not.
I’d also do the investing thing. Or the lottery thing.
For number one, I’d definitely be happier than I am now. For number two, perhaps nothing would change, but some things might be cleared up or resolved a little better. For number three, I’d hopefully be somewhat more comfortable.
That guy you like? He isn’t good news. The next one won’t be good news either. The two that you will meet five years from now whose names both begin with C are REALLY bad news, and you should run screaming.
Despite all this, you WILL have a chance to date some decent people. Be patient, and enough with the self-loathing, OK?
When you are twenty-one, your grandmom will give you some advice about grad school which you will be inclined to dismiss. Don’t.
