Would you do it all over again?
 

Considering what you know about life now, if you had the ability to go back to a time in the past (at least 5 years) and start all over again. You wouldn't know about what happened to you before, but your mindset would be at the point at which you left (ie your age now).

This maybe won't make sense, but......n/m

Well, I definitely would.

Knowing what I know now, I'd definitely do things/live differently, but that's part of life. You just don't know until you live it. As for regretting anything, there are some things I wished I had done differently, but you know what, I had the opportunity to choose how I wanted to do certain things and I chose a way that I am now unhappy with, but I can't change the way I decided back then, so I can't regret anything. I live not to regret.

Hope I made sense.

I am totally the same way! I don't believe in regret, it is such a useless waste of energy. After all, you can't change the past... Just use the experience to prevent things from going wrong in the future.

That being said, if I could do one thing differently, I would have established a better diet and workout routine at an earlier age, because it's so much easier to stay in shape and toned than to do it later. I see these little high school girls and I just want to warn them how hard it is to be disciplined in college when you are drinking and eating late night...

Shallow, I know, but I wouldn't want to change anything else.

why not? Knowing what I know now..i would definately go back..especially before my grandparents passed away ( 3 of em in less than 8 months of each other)..I would learn everything I could about 'em!

I would go back in a heartbeat. BUT only if I could know what I know now.

I wouldn't change things, but I would do some things differently. Does that make sense? I guess I mean I wouldn't change the BIG things, but I would do other things differently. I dunno.

I too would go back. Even though I wouldn't know which events
to change, with the knowledge and insight I've gained just by experience, I know certain choices would be different.

I guess that's why they say, "Hindsight is 20/20".
Many of those little "tuisms" came from different people's observations spanning centuries of life experiences. What would it have hurt to give it a little extra thought...

Ben Franklin was an insightful man.
"Ah simple Man! When a boy, two precious jewels were given thee,
Time, and good Advice; one thou hast lost, and the other thrown away."

I don't think I would. All of my life experiences made up who I am today and, despite my mistakes, I am me and I like who I am!

Dee

i do wish that i can change the past. but had i not gone through the last five years the way that i did, i would not be the same person today. i have learned way too much. i do sometimes wish that i could have done things differently. but i didnt know then what i do now. so i need to accept the past and move on.

If I could go back with winning lottery numbers for one of those $100+ million jackpots, I'd do it in a second.

Five years is a drop in the proverbial bucket. Let's talk 40 years or so...

If you could go back 40 years knowing what you know now, you could change the world.

Re: Would you do it all over again?
 

If I could go back about 25 years or so, oh hell yeah I would do it all over again...TRUST ME, I would

I SO wish I could change the past and how I grew up.

If I could go back and re-live the past few years I wouldn't. This is because a lot of wonderful things that have happened in my life have been the result of happenstance. I'm worried that I would do something small that would set of a chain reaction leading to an end result that is different than my life has turned out to be.

Does that make sense?

I like your attitude, and I agree. Going back is just that -- it's going backwards. I'd rather take all of the knowledge I've gained and use it to make a good future.

Of course, I wouldn't mind not having all of this law school debt for a degree I've decided not to use, but oh well... ;)

If I knew then what I know now, I don't think I would have had as much fun as I did. There's only once in your life when you can be young and naive and get away with it. It's called freshman and sophomore year. :p If I went back having the mindset I have now, I may not have been involved in the situations I got involved in but, at the same time, I wouldn't be the person I am now if it weren't for those experiences. It was those experiences that made me grow up and become the person I am today.

if i could go back 5 years, i would have taken high school more seriously, and i would have chosen a better university to attend. other than that, i dont think i would change anything else. im pretty content with my life the way it is :)

God, give me that chance.

I wanna go back to HS. I'd rule that place with an iron fist. I am who I am today becasue of the journey I have taken, but I'd really relish the opportunity to go back. Not to change things necessarily, but to experience them with a different attitude. I woudl have blown off the things that didnt matter and paid more attention to the things that did matter.

I'd give anything to go back 5 years ago... where do I start? Maybe pick a different major, been more involved in college, gotten better grades, not have been with my ex for as long as I was... but oh well, that's life... you make mistakes, but I can honestly say I wouldn't have changed my senior year for anything, had the best time.

Nope, I wouldn't go back to college. It was great; no regrets.

But, since HS was longer than 5 years ago, I would give anything to conveniently knock that part out of my memory.

I would only go back IF I could keep my knowledge that I have now... and the only thing I think I'd do differently is go to a different school and do all my college years at one place... I really think doing all four years (well... 5 in my case but that's partly because I transferred) other than that I know the path my life has taken has made me who I am so I wouldn't change much other than that....

If I could relive certain parts of the past 5 years I would...but not all of it. There are certain things I wish I could erase from my memory and certain things I would change.

If I could change a few things it'd be the amount of time I put into Chi Omega (more) and how often I hung out with my sisters (like instead of working so much I would have gone out more). I would have changed who I dated - dated more Fraternity boys on campus instead of LOSERS! And finally I would have studied more.

Finally, and not related to school, I wouldn't have gotten credit cards (BAD BAD BAD) or Verizon Long Distance (EVIL).

Unfortunately, not being that bright, I'd probably screw it up worse.

Seriously, I probably couldn't change it at all, because I wasn't born into big money. Politics has become so much of a game for the rich, that those of us "average" folks have little or no chance.

Exceptions might be "self made captains of industry" who worked up through the ranks to top spots in important companies -- but those are exceptions, not rules.

Hm... I would enjoy going back and reliving it, because I miss some aspects of my life during college. I would relax, have a lot more fun, and sleep a lot less.

But like KR said... the only way I would do it is if I would end up exactly where I am right now. I wouldn't trade anything for my life right now and my relationship with my FH.

Re: Would you do it all over again?
 

If I could go back five years, I would have chosen a different undergrad school and a different major. My BA is in Drama and History, and I thought drama was a BIG MISTAKE. I might have done a degree in Family Studies/Home Management and Economics or business....that way, I could be Martha Stewart (without the crook part)---LOL

A small portion of me wish I had change a couple of things if I had the chance to go back and right the things that was wrong. But I'd rather used it as a learning tool on what to do and what not to do if I ever come across in a similar situation again.

Ah, but isnt that what life is all about?

Never Thought I would live past 32. TaDa!

If I had not knocked the Broad off of the Bar Stool, would I have married her and started my own Local?

The Movie "Time Machine" I think in a theatrical way proves that.

If you went back with what you know now, would it have changed the course of history for all of us?

Could it have changed the continuiam??;) :confused:

Satchel Page once said,"I never Look over My Shoulder, I may see the Devil catching me":D

Tom-If you went back with what you know now, would it have changed the course of history for all of us?

THIS is what I miss most about the past. When you grab hold of a topic and have a philisophical discussion that lasts into the wee hours of the night.
Good stuff to get the brain thinking and hard to prove anyone is right or wrong.

Though logic may be flawed.:D

i would but then again, if things were different i dont know where i would be. i am not one to believe in fate or destiny. and life sure hasnt taken me where i thought i would go. i played baseball my whole life since i was four. my uncle played pro ball and my dad played college ball. i just knew that was my calling. but after signing for a division one junior college here in oklahoma i hurt my back and was unable to play. so i went to UCO and then went pike. this fraternity means the world to me. i have met the best bunch of guys in the world and experienced more than i ever thought i would. ive been places and seen stuff i would have never saw playing baseball. and relationship wise i have learned to thank god for unanswered prayers. so that is how i feel about doing things over again. but i am one to take chances so i would just to see if i could have made somethings come out the way i wanted them to

I would go back to 1992 and heed my cousin's advice. "Invest in computer technology stocks. There is a small company called America Online that connects your computer to the internet. You should buy some shares of stock." I would be obscenely wealthy or at least comfortable if I had done that. :(

I most definitely would. I always seem to ponder that from time to time. I wonder if the people who are part of my life now will eventually be a part if I did go back in time and change things. That's when the whole talk of fate comes in I guess. I think about all the things that could have been, should have been, the things I did wrong... But then a part of me wants to know if I'd do the same things over and over back then because that's how it was meant to be.

BUMP

I would take that offer for sure. I think if I had my mindset.. (and therefore the confidence and such) that I've gained through the past five years I think presently, I'd be in a much different place in life.

Again, just give me that chance. Where do I sign up?

Agreed. Though it would be tempting to ride the dot com rise and sell before the bust. Imagine how much money I can make.

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While I am not a religious person by any means, I often get this forward in my email that says something along the lines of "Take comfort in knowing that God has you right where you are meant to be in your life right now".

I kind of live that philosophy. I also think that "everything happens for a reason and while it might not make sense now, or at the moment it is happening, you will understand it all later".

Knowing what I know now if I went back life would definately be quite interesting and I would have done a whole lot of things differently.

When it comes down to it though I don't think I would want to go back though because I am happy with how my life is now and don't want to wait around another five years again to get to the great point I feel I am in my life, even if I could do things differently or "better".

No. I believe that what happens to you, what you go through, experiences, etc help shape the the person that you are.

I may have had some not so pleasant experiences in my past but I have learned something from all of them.

I like who I am today so I wouldnt change a thing about my past. But I do reflect on my past often when making certain decisions about my future.