Advice to your younger self

[Zvetok26]

If you could go back in time, what advice would you give to your younger self? Do you think you would still be here?

I would tell my myself: be more grateful for what you have. Invest in yourself instead of trying to become someone else. You will only fail.

 

[shtangley01]

I'd tell them to buy bitcoin, and then probably kick him in the head

 

[HarryCobean]

I'd tell them to buy bitcoin, and then probably kick him in the head

Same here, but without the head-kicking.

 

[shtangley01]

Same here, but without the head-kicking.

You can help kick my past self in the head then, if you've the free leg

 

[wounded_warrior]

I'd say don't join the police force. You will be injured and lose everything. All efforts to recover will fail. Even an attempt to end it all will fail.

 

[Mirrory Me]

I actually recently discovered that I have a talent for music-making, but I always felt as kid, that it was too hard, or "nerdy" to play an instrument, or that I didn't have it in me. I could have studied and made it a career, or something...

 

[leaftomb]

I'd probably tell myself to stop being so shy and to get myself out there. Also not to give up on music, I was such an idiot for that

 

[Felodese]

"Come with me." Kidnap him - raise myself far away from my shitty family.
And if at all possible, kick my dad in the head.

 

[Labyrinth]

Don't isolate yourself. Leave home and go live without your parents. Never abandon the reason for your life: you.

 

[Trismegistus_13]

You can become the kind person you want to be. Your feelings about not being cool enough, smart enough, confident enough and the right kind of person are all wrong. Get into the heavy metal scene, learn archery, follow the major you wanted to do in college, not the one you settled for. I'm very glad to say I'm in the middle of correcting most of my major mistakes like these. I WILL become the person my younger self always wanted to be, but was too scared to.

 

[Cinnamorolls]

I would tell her to stop being naive and blindly trusting people. In particular, don't be alone with men until you've known them for a long time and don't assume they have good intentions either way. That would've saved me from SA if nothing else.

 

[Kavka]

It's good to work towards goals with possible future rewards, but try to actually live life in the moment as well. These future outcomes are not guaranteed and it's unsustainable.

Don't spend so much time and energy pretending to be neurotypical. You will succeed, but you won't be able to keep it up, and it will make you miserable. Focus on your own interests and then try to add a social component to them.

Study (logical) fallacies and realize that sometimes it's other people who are wrong.

 

[sos]

"good luck kid, you'll need it"

it'd be tough love, i don't think that giving any advice would mentally prepare my younger self for whats to come

that's a matter of learning to survive and go thru all the moments: the difficult and the less difficult times