If could go back in time and change one thing in your life, what would it be?

United States
April 30, 2011 10:24pm CST
For I would say finishing school and going to college. Because I know right now I wouldn't be struggling as much. So Mylotters, what would you change? Curious to see what your answers would be :)
7 responses
@stary1 (6612)
• United States
1 May 11
I would have worked part time wile raising my children. They were far apart in ages and I could have worked. While I am happy I stayed home for much of the time, personally I would have been better off if I had at least worked part time. LOL when I did go back to work..and it was just part time too, I really felt the difference in working and just having everything be about the kids and the home etc. Don't get me wrong, I think staying home is terrific and good for everyone, but keeping up with personal growth is also important.
• United States
2 May 11
Luckily I stayed home with my kids when they was younger, but as they got a little older I did go to work and it was hard being away from them. It was especially harder for them. You have to create a balance between work and your family, sometimes it isn't that easy though.
• India
1 May 11
Well messing with time is one thing but just going back in time and changing something else is another. I don't think anyone should be allowed to do that. It messes with the ethics of nature and i don't think that would be allowed to go further anymore. I don't think anyone should do that else they would be obsessed with that and could never let go of something of like and would lose their mind over it someday. I wish to be happy and stay in the present and enjoy my life here only as it is that's all! Cheers!
• United States
1 May 11
well we all want that to be happy regardless, but I am sure everyone has some regrets and wish they could change them, especially in the past.
• United States
1 May 11
I don't think I would change anything because if I could then I might not be who i am today. Like I too would finish college earlier but if I had I may not be with the wonderful man I am with today. So I am greatful for how things have gone, they might not have been how I origanially planned it but things have worked out and I can still always go back to school.
• United States
1 May 11
mm,that is true.. I always believed everything happens for a reason and like you I have found a great guy after alot of heartaches and broken marriages. But I still always have those thoughts of "what if I did go to college".
1 May 11
Only one change? Hmmm. I'm torn between two. I think mine would be back when I was living in Paris. My now-fiancee and I were living together (at the start of the not-long-distance part of our relationship). It didn't really work out, since we both needed to grow (or grow up) a little. She moved out but, because we stayed the best of friends, I was always around to help her out. Since she was a student, that was mostly financial help (I was earning huge piles of cash). My one change would be to get her to stay, even if we weren't together. My apartment was big enough, it would have saved us a lot of hassle (she moved a lot of times for a few years), the financials would have been much better (which would mean we'd have money now instead of debt) and it wouldn't change the eventual outcome - that we're together and totally nuts about each other. It would have saved us both some hurt, too.
• United States
1 May 11
I would perhaps do some things a little differently but not change anything for me because I did get my masters, and I have two wonderful kids. Things have not worked out as planned but certainly my experiences have afforded me to grow so much as a person.
@gorila (186)
• Indonesia
1 May 11
I never thought to change anything in my life. because I feel grateful to my condition now.
@macayadann (1235)
• Philippines
1 May 11
I want to be a man to do the decisions for my own family instead of having to follow instructions from your husband that must be proven first to him before accepting the fact that you have given or come up with a good decision.