Sixteen Again.

Marlina

@marlina (154166)

• Canada

19 Sep 22

I don't think I would change much

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

19 Sep 22

@Kandae11 I agree, I know how is my life changing I am not sure I would have a good life.

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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19 Sep 22

The fact is you are living a good life so far , how becoming an architect would have impacted your life will always be a mystery. It is good when we can be happy with our present life.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203454)

• Nashville, Tennessee

19 Sep 22

At 16, I was making my way in life, mostly on my own. Losing my Mom at 14 forced me to grow up a lot faster than normal. Was more or less caring for my Dad and brother.

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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19 Sep 22

So sorry that you lost your mom at 14. A lot of responsibility for you at that young age - being the only female in the home.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203454)

• Nashville, Tennessee

19 Sep 22

@Kandae11 Yes it was a lot. And I was the baby of the family. My older sister was on her honeymoon when it happened. I grew up fast for sure.

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loss youth condolences love life

@DRCashin (45)

• Kitimat, British Columbia

20 Sep 22

I'm sorry you had to go trough that pain, that young. No one deserves that.

Sanjeev

@sjvg1976 (41131)

• Delhi, India

19 Sep 22

I would have studied harder to become a doctor and served humanity.

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Sanjeev

@sjvg1976 (41131)

• Delhi, India

19 Sep 22

@Kandae11 Yes I can. But being a doctor would have been the best way to serve humanity.

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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19 Sep 22

A good choice, but you can still serve in other ways.

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@DRCashin (45)

• Kitimat, British Columbia

20 Sep 22

You can still do it. Or at least start

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neverggiveup nottooold

aubrey

@averygirl72 (37716)

• Philippines

19 Sep 22

If I'm sixteen again I should have not followed my mother's want for me to be a teacher. I would like a computer course. I think I would have a totally different life

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aubrey

@averygirl72 (37716)

• Philippines

20 Sep 22

@Kandae11 I was brainwashed and get convince but that's my life

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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20 Sep 22

Very often parents try to determine the paths their kids should follow.

@Kandae11 (53679)

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20 Sep 22

@averygirl72 You are still young enough to make some sort of change if you still want to.

Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

20 Sep 22

I would have gone to university instead of staying home on the farm.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

20 Sep 22

@Kandae11 Probably literature/creative writing - something in that area.

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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20 Sep 22

@JudyEv A good way to express oneself.

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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20 Sep 22

Good. What area of study would you have embarked upon?

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M Cheung

@Beestring (13315)

• Hong Kong

19 Sep 22

Cannot think of anything I would have done differently. Changing one thing may lead to other changes which we never know. Perhaps I would do more exercises.

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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19 Sep 22

That is true, one decision could change everything. Not too late for the exercises.

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M Cheung

@Beestring (13315)

• Hong Kong

19 Sep 22

@Kandae11 Yes, I take a morning walk every day.

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@DRCashin (45)

• Kitimat, British Columbia

20 Sep 22

Just keep moving!

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excercise

Always smiling

@allknowing (130066)

• India

19 Sep 22

At that age mother decided for me. (lol)

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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20 Sep 22

Understood.

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@DRCashin (45)

• Kitimat, British Columbia

20 Sep 22

haha

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momma

OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (86757)

• United States

20 Sep 22

I would have stayed with my first love.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (86757)

• United States

24 Sep 22

@Kandae11 Yes

@Kandae11 (53679)

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20 Sep 22

Okay, but can you be certain how that would have turned out?

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Bojel

@jobelbojel (34729)

• Philippines

20 Sep 22

If I am sixteen again, I would probably be good at decision making. I could have studied well during my freshman year and exercise a lot for my well being and health. I was sickly back then.

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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20 Sep 22

You said back then you were sickly so l gather your health is better now. Its not too late to begin exercising.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (73408)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

19 Sep 22

He was my favorite Bond. I remember someone telling me that even if you could go back fate has it that things would turn our just the same again and there are things I never want to repeat. I am thankful for my blessings and content with how things are, There is a wonderful Roy Orbison song You'll Never Be 16 Again

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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20 Sep 22

We know there is no going back, but some reflection should help on our forward march. I like that Roy Orbison song.

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Shiva

@Shiva49 (26200)

• Singapore

20 Sep 22

I count my blessings and the lucky breaks that came my way. So I rather be grateful for that. Sean Connery is my favourite Bond.

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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20 Sep 22

It is good to count our blessings. After Connery l think the best other Bonds were Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan.

Jim Bauer

@porwest (78761)

• United States

19 Sep 22

I have revisited this idea many times, and as much as I might have wanted to make some changes—not starting smoking for example even though I did quit for 13 years, started back up, and then switched to vaping. But I tend to side with the idea for all the good and bad, I am who I am today because of who I was yesterday, and for better or worse I would not be who I am today had I been something or someone else yesterday. Besides, it's that one turn or that one decision you change that perhaps changes everything, including whether or not I AM here at all today. So, I'd rather just leave things just the way they are for whatever it is worth. Good or bad.

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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19 Sep 22

You are perfectly correct. Just one decision we might make can herald a whole sequence of events - which could end up bad, not so bad or good. The point is we are here today, surviving in a difficult world.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (78761)

• United States

20 Sep 22

@Kandae11 I remember there was a 1st class I worked with when I was in the Navy. He was not happy where he was living and moved, and that one decision put him into the Chesapeake Bay Tunnel on the way to work in which he was killed.

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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20 Sep 22

@porwest Wow! How awful.

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Arunima Singh

@arunima25 (85269)

• Bangalore, India

20 Sep 22

Well, I was a happy sixteen years old. I had wonderful fun friends and a very caring family. I felt loved and secured. And I did nothing at that time that I should regret for. Maybe I don't want to change anything. I wish that I could go back in time and enjoy those youthful days.

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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20 Sep 22

You had happy youthful days and made the right decisions.

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Arunima Singh

@arunima25 (85269)

• Bangalore, India

26 Sep 22

@Kandae11 I would say that I enjoyed it. I would have made mistakes like any regular youth would but then those seemed right at that time.

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Trebor Ika

@Treborika (17259)

• Mombasa, Kenya

20 Sep 22

If I am sixteen today, I would study very hard and further my education to the university. I would have liked to pursue a degree in business administration so that I can be a manager in any firm.

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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20 Sep 22

Not too late to try something . There are degree courses online.

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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20 Sep 22

@Treborika l understand.

Trebor Ika

@Treborika (17259)

• Mombasa, Kenya

20 Sep 22

@Kandae11 Even those online courses require some resources in terms of finances in one way or the other. I am currently don't have what is required to pursue my dream career.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111164)

• El Paso, Texas

19 Sep 22

Not sure I would have been allowed to change anything, my parents were extremely strict.

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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19 Sep 22

Come to think of it. I might have had to wait until l was earning a pay packet before choosing what l would and would not eat.

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Jessica

@JESSY3236 (18923)

• United States

20 Sep 22

He was so cute. I think I would make myself stop drinking soda if I went back in time.

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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21 Sep 22

Think of a substitute for the soda.

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Dena Miller

@Dena91 (15860)

• United States

19 Sep 22

If I were 16 again I would probably make better food choices too.

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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20 Sep 22

Yes indeed, the earlier the better.

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Anindita Sengupta

@aninditasen (15732)

• Raurkela, India

20 Sep 22

I would study hard, stay healthy and fulfilled my dream of becoming a doctor and served humanity.

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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20 Sep 22

I recall from your posts that you would have liked to become a doctor.

peachpurple

@peachpurple (13884)

• Malaysia

20 Sep 22

I regretted for not studying hard. Instead i was fooling around with guys!

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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20 Sep 22

You were probably following your peers. You can still make up for lost time in some way.

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@DRCashin (45)

• Kitimat, British Columbia

20 Sep 22

I definitely talked to myself on my sixteenth birthday. Because I talk to myself every day. So if I could meet my sixteen year old self, I would smack the poop out of me. And tell myself to read more. I would also tell myself to be kind. Slow the fudge down. Learn everything you can. Kiss as many girls as you can, so you can find your first last kiss sooner. The sooner you find that, the sooner you will have a family. And that will absolutely warp your reality, into something so terrifyingly beautiful and perfect, you will weep while reading Dr. Suess. Run. Lift. Jump. Fish. Hunt. Always with respect. Garden. Its the easiest thing in the world. You just put the seeds in the ground, and they know what to do. Explore everything. Love everyone. Let yourself feel everything. Know your cummunity, like you know your pee pee. Laugh. Every minute if you can. About everything. It literally heals you. I have so many more thoughts, but its the end of the day for me. Goodnight Neverland. Sean Connery was my favourite Bond too. Although he got me even more with the ole salt and pep

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