If It Were Possible...

United States
January 26, 2022 4:17pm CST
If it were possible to write a letter to your younger self, what would you write down? What would you tell the 20 year old you? If you're oniy 30, what would you warn your 15 year old self about? If it were somehow possible to send a letter into the past, what would you write to yourself? It could be warnings of future events, it could be to remind a younger you what is really important in the journey ahead. It could be specific or it could be just general pieces of advice. For me, it would be a long letter. This post was inspired by another members post last night. Thank you Arya. What would you put down in that letter?
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@sol_cee (38223)
• Philippines
26 Jan 22
I'd be warning myself about some guys.
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• United States
26 Jan 22
Smart choice. You could avoid people that did you harm along the way.
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@sol_cee (38223)
• Philippines
26 Jan 22
@Vikingswest1 I doubt my younger self would listen? lolll
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• United States
26 Jan 22
@sol_cee I was thinking the same thing about my younger self. I would be pleading with some things and maybe my younger self would think twice before jumping from a moving pickup into another moving pickup lol. That alone would solve many other issues I've had
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@1creekgirl (40515)
• United States
27 Jan 22
I would tell my younger self to grow up and don't take a hundred years to do it. Life is shorter than you think.
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• United States
27 Jan 22
Your younger self may not want to listen to you lol.
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• United States
27 Jan 22
@1creekgirl I was the other end. I thought I knew everything there was to know. At 17 lol.
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@1creekgirl (40515)
• United States
27 Jan 22
@Vikingswest1 Probably not. I was totally clueless.
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@rebelann (111163)
• El Paso, Texas
27 Jan 22
Oh geez, where do I start? Well I guess first and foremost I'd warn myself not to take a job just because you need to work, look for one that'll make me happy.
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@rebelann (111163)
• El Paso, Texas
28 Jan 22
You're lucky you actually found one. I never did get a job that made me happy but at least I earned a living and could support myself, thank heavens I'm finally retired, no more bad job to worry about.
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• United States
28 Jan 22
@rebelann I think retirement suits me very well too.
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• United States
27 Jan 22
I have taken some ugly jobs just because I needed the work. I didn't find a job that made me happy until I was 50 lol.
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@xander6464 (40872)
• Wapello, Iowa
27 Jan 22
I would concentrate on winning lottery numbers and World Series, Indy 500 and Super Bowl and others winners...I never bet on sports but if I knew the winner, it really wouldn't be gambling. Oh, Oscar winners, too. A lot of people bet on the Oscars, too.
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@xander6464 (40872)
• Wapello, Iowa
27 Jan 22
@Vikingswest1 I was really happy that didn't exclude all that. When they pose these kinds of questions, a lot of people say, no lottery numbers, etc as the first rule.
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• United States
27 Jan 22
@xander6464 I'm thinking that lotto numbers would be the best way to improve the way I went through life. Plus, I'd know then that betting against the Vikings in big games was the sure bet lol
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• United States
27 Jan 22
Dang. I'm doing that too now!
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@Deepizzaguy (94498)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
26 Jan 22
I would warn myself to be to myself and not allow haters to get under my skin.
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• United States
26 Jan 22
I would also give that advice. Too many times I let others control what is right for me.
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@Deepizzaguy (94498)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Jan 22
@Vikingswest1 I know how that feels since I have learned that just because someone disagrees with me and calls me out as dumb for not joining their beliefs should not bother me.
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• United States
27 Jan 22
@Deepizzaguy No. It shouldn't bother you. A person with a normal thought process wouldn't call names or demand you follow their beliefs. Too many people like that in today's society.
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• Indonesia
27 Jan 22
It may have 100pages later..write alot about stupidity i should not try and the most important things is dont get married with those guy..so sad
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• United States
27 Jan 22
I'd have a hundred pages too FILLED with warnings to avoid stupidity. It's hard to go through a marriage that fails. I'm sorry about that. I'd want to warn myself about that too.
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• United States
27 Jan 22
@Rinibudirahayu I wasn't correcting you lol I don't see any mistakes in your post. I think you're doing well here
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• Indonesia
27 Jan 22
@Vikingswest1 woaah thankyou for correcting me?
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@kixsh101 (2103)
• Philippines
27 Jan 22
I will tell myself to keep pushing for to reach my dreams. To be not afraid of taking risks. To be more confident. To be more open and just not hide deep down there. To be more adventurous. To be optimistic and risk-taker. To be not too good To be an achiever and so on and on and on
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@kixsh101 (2103)
• Philippines
27 Jan 22
@Vikingswest1 Thanks, it's kind of the things I am trying to do up to this time.
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• United States
27 Jan 22
I like that you know exactly what you want your younger self to know. You've done well in choosing
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• United States
27 Jan 22
@kixsh101 I hope that you are successful and get to do the things you'd like to. Good luck
@RebeccasFarm (86757)
• United States
1 Feb 22
I would curse myself out
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• United States
1 Feb 22
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• United States
1 Feb 22
Me too. I did some awfully dumb things in my youth lol.
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@wolfgirl569 (95136)
• Marion, Ohio
27 Jan 22
To have nothing to do with the first guy I married
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• United States
27 Jan 22
If only. I stopped dating a girl I had dated for three years because a very good looking senior girl was interested in sophomore me. The girl I was dating was a freshman. This was high school 1977. This girl was my best friend and our relationship was innocent minus hugging and kissing. This senior girl was a fun and wonderful person and I dated her for two years. Our relationship was not innocent. I grew up overnight and found myself experimenting with many things that had never entered my mind before I met her. I would tell myself to have nothing to do with that older girl.
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@JudyEv (325705)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Jan 22
I could write a book about this but to be brief, I'd be kinder to others and to myself.
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• United States
27 Jan 22
Brief and simple but covers so much. I'll add that to MY letter too.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
27 Jan 22
I would be more careful with my choices.
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• United States
27 Jan 22
You and me both. I could have avoided so much trouble had I been more careful with my choices.
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@dgobucks226 (34353)
27 Jan 22
Well, we can't go back, but to be more educated and informed through reading more. I hated reading back then and my interest was limited to sports and not much else. Maybe if I picked up a book my interests would have expanded. As they say, no time like the present, and never too late, but I've got quite a lot of time to make up for that I can't recapture. Very interesting question there. One I had to really think about to answer.
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• United States
27 Jan 22
Reading more would be in my letter too. I never sat down to read for pleasure much. There was so much required reading already cutting into the time to play ball lol.
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@dgobucks226 (34353)
27 Jan 22
@Vikingswest1 Very true. As a kid you want to be outside and active. When your older and start getting those wear and tear injuries, you've got plenty of time to sit down and read.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
27 Jan 22
First thought is to live life moment by moment. Life is short. Tell those you love how you feel as often as possible. Don't sweat the small things. And laugh more.
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• United States
27 Jan 22
It's those small moments that mean the most later on in life. Most of the things you wrote would also be on my list. Except maybe laughing. I'd mention that laughing inappropriately should be done less.
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• United States
27 Jan 22
@CarolDM It is.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
27 Jan 22
@Vikingswest1 I laugh every chance I get. Such a stress reliever.
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@akruser13 (475)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Jan 22
Go to film school. That would be the number one thing I regret not doing. I wanted to move to LA and go to film school straight out of high school. Dad didn't approve. He guilt-tripped me and gaslit me into believing I would be nothing in life if I didn't follow the outlined steps of going to college to get a degree in something I wasn't interested in and living a life in a career I didn't want. I tried his way. For a DECADE. I finally gave up and moved to LA when I turned 30, got into some film work and got set experience and everything. I did love it. I just wasn't gaining enough experience to really make any sort of career out of it. I couldn't go to film school because I couldn't afford it and Dad wasn't helping. So now here I am in LA, jobless and not successful anyway (though with a hell of a lot of life experience, I'll tell you that), which is ironically exactly where my dad didn't want me to be. But I feel like if I'd had a head start and the education required of me to really get into film I might've actually made something of myself by now. Because I would've been doing a job that I loved instead of floundering around bouncing among careers I hated. My letter to my younger self definitely would be DON'T LISTEN TO DAD HE'S AN A**HOLE. FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS RIGHT NOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
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• United States
27 Jan 22
I get exactly what you mean. I was just expected to go get a degree and then work at Dad's business for all of my days, eventually taking over. Problem was, I didn't want to. It was a crisis back then but I chose to go my own way. In hindsight, he just wanted me to be secure and thought that his way was the only way he could be sure. He owned a heating and air conditioning company in Minnesota. A gold mine. He finally sold out and retired early on a lake. Even still, I do not regret finding my own way. I hope that you'll still get the break you need to follow your passion.
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@kaylachan (57630)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Jan 22
I would say probably only one thing. It gets better. I would not want to say to much and possibly alter my life. I am happy with how it turned out, and I wouldn't want to change a thing.
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• United States
26 Jan 22
I would want to change a few things. You're lucky to be happy with how things turned out. I see several mistakes that I wish I could have avoided.