What would you do differently?

[Shai]

I learned a lot from the stuff I messed up, I didn't eff up so badly that my life was ruined by anything, and I like where I've landed. So honestly, I'm good with it all.

^pretty much this.

Most of my "things I would change" are pie in the sky type stuff...wish I had learned (to fluency) a second, third language. Wish I had learned more soup recipes from my grandmother. That sort of thing.

 

[AllieMackie]

I learned a lot from the stuff I messed up, I didn't eff up so badly that my life was ruined by anything, and I like where I've landed. So honestly, I'm good with it all.

^ I'm right there too. I've made some pretty catastrophically bad decisions, and yet... here I am, living in a nice house with great pets, a great and supportive SO, great friends and being able to do what I love for a living.

Life isn't perfect. It might have been better had I not made those huge mistakes or made different decisions. But then, it might have also gone just as good/bad, or worse. Best-laid plans and all.

The only thing I sometimes wonder is if my anxiety would have been non-existent if circumstances were different... but I doubt it.

 

[Fran27]

I wish I could go back to when I was a teen and not waste so much money on junk!

I admit though, we all have that decision that changed everything in your life, you've ever wondered where you'd be if you had made a different decision? I mean, I don't hate my life by a long shot, I love my kids (but they'd still be around if I had a different life, just not with me), I like where I live, I have it pretty easy overall, I just don't feel accomplished at all, and I look back at my 20s and think that wow I really wasted those years... and all that because of one moment.

 

[DJEtzel]

I would not have gone to college and racked up over 20k in student loans for nothing.

I wouldn't have walked out on my high-paying job right after I bought a house.

I'm only 22... I guess I have time to rectify those mistakes...

 

[Michiyo-Fir]

I think I would have picked a different major in university too. Now that I'm at the Masters level, I've come to realize that I may not be heading down the easiest path in terms of careers in the future. If I could have a do-over, I would probably choose IT or something like that.

I also probably wouldn't have gotten Nia when I did. Because of her, I didn't go to any study abroad programs even though my university is known for having a lot. Most of my friends went to study for a year or two in a different country but I chose not to because I had Nia with me and it was impossible to bring her to many of the schools that housed their exchange students in non-pet friendly dorms. Actually, I skipped out on a lot of activities because I chose to get her right before I started university.

 

[TuffStuff]

Every time I tried to name something bad that I would have changed, I could think of at least one good thing that I would have missed out on if I had. My life isn't perfect. I've had my fair share of things I kind of wish I could forget. I have scars that still cause problems. But I like where I am and where I'm going.

 

[Southpaw]

I just would have done more and put myself out there more. Otherwise the things that I DID do, I wouldn't change.

 

[JazzyTheSibe]

I would of said yes to the opportunity of getting a dog, even though it wasn't a breed that I'd own. If I did say yes, it would be very likely that I'd have a dog at this point. Even though it's been two years,I'm still disappointed in myself for turning that opportunity.

 

[Panzerotti]

I would have stayed at the sweet government job I had in my 20's, and not left it to go to university for 6 years, resulting in an ass load of student debt with no job prospects. I am regretting that so much right now.