Imagine being able to travel back in time and have a conversation with your younger self. What words of wisdom or advice would you share? What experiences or lessons learned would you want them to know about?

  • ypanocayo
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    4 hours ago

    There are a lot of amazing people in your life, such as [List of great friends], be sure to be a excellent friend to them to. However, some of your relationships will break apart with others, be kinder and more understanding to/of [List of lost friends]

  • paddirn@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Don’t stick your dick in crazy and whatever you do, don’t get married or buy a house together.

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    12 hours ago

    Hey, dont join the military. Go to college and do programming. Trust me, you want to go onto IT, youll be good at it.

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    14 hours ago

    I would probably tell myself not to bother with college and suggest I go to a technical school instead. Apparently degrees aren’t worth jack shit around here.

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    19 hours ago

    You aren’t a fuckup because you weren’t smart enough to protect yourself from getting hurt by others. Your parents are supposed to be looking out for you and they are not. They are to blame, not you.

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    20 hours ago

    Invest in you old age: Superannuation or some other savings device. You need to put on as much as you possibly can as soon as you can but this needn’t mean you plow all your income into it straight away. Transfer or invest as little as $20 per week initially, you’ll never miss it and after a few weeks or months keep increasing the amount till you’ve reached your ceiling. Reinvest your earnings or dividends, compound interest is a beautiful thing.

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    18 hours ago

    I’m not sure I would. If I could have avoided the bullshit or done the things that would have optimized my income and wealth, I don’t think I would have ended up where I am now. The risk doesn’t seem worth it, I would be a completely different person with a completely different life.

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    18 hours ago

    Money things, obv
    But i could definitely help guide myself through some lessons that i learned the hard way.