What advice would you give your 24 y.o. self?

In My Humble Opinion
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“Don’t bother. It’s not worth it.”

42

  1. Stop trying to please other people.

  2. Travel more. Go overseas.

  3. Jobs like this a a dime a dozen; don’t feel pressured to say because of “benefits.”

  4. Go back to school now.

  5. Don’t be afraid to borrow money for #2 and #4.

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      • I would say to try to find a job you really like, in a location you really like–because you spend too much time at work to put up with doing a shitty job in a shitty location.
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44

DO NOT MARRY HER!!!

Relax, enjoy yourself, and marry the girl you’ll be meeting in four years.

45

One word - plastics.

46

Stop putting things off because you want to lose weight or tone up or whatever. You will never look better than you do today. Seriously, gravity does evil, evil things over the course of time and do I have to mention the sunscreen thing again?

Also, compounding interest is your friend when *saving * money. So SAVE, dammit!

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  • Yes, you’re lonely and want to find a good woman. Stop trying too hard and enjoy single life. Trust me, you’ll find her. It’ll be frustrating along the way, but it will be worth it.
  • Buy Netscape, sell at $100, then buy Yahoo!
  • Don’t be so eager to leave home. You’re family loves you and the support they give you later is invaluable.
  • Buy the Grand Am, not the Skylark.
  • Don’t move to the big city to be with your friends. The long drive to work is not worth it.
  • Try to get yourself in other projects at work to diversify your skills. And don’t slack off, you need that job.
  • Buy season football tickets for next year. You won’t regret it.
  • Spend more time with your grandma.
  • Travel while you can still afford it.
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Hm… mostly, I did things right when I was 24. Mostly. I miscalculated a bit (in my typical way) toward the last couple of months, so I’ll take a liberty and allow for some of this to spill over into my 25th year. It’s late in the summer of 1994 and you… are… there…

  1. When Monique asks you if you’ve got a “favorite,” find out if she means “lover” and see where that leads.

  2. Don’t waste time on Patricia and definitely don’t waste time on Sheena. Give Heidi a call!

  3. Make serious inquiries about what you’d need to do to stay in France and work.

  4. When you get back to America, don’t return to Penn State!!! Call your uncle and make plans to head to New York pronto!!!

  5. Don’t sweat the women you meet (and the women you don’t.) You’ll understand in 2004 (as far-off as that seems) when you meet her.

  6. George W. Bush will become president in 2000, but it won’t be that bad. It’ll be worse.

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Wear a rubber.

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i’m 24. formerly suicidal. my mantra is it could always be worse.

i’m feeling you though. it’s been crazy stressful times in my neck of the woods as well. it always pans out though, in my experience. :slight_smile: