Would it be to buy Yahoo stock? Not date someone? Take a chance on someone?....
2006-07-17 10:26:19 · 37 answers · asked by ZIAGACITY 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
That life is never as long as we want it to be & wasted time can never be recovered!
That repeatedly giving in to FEARS & either personal or societal insecurities allows them to take on the dimension of the inconquerable.
Forgiveness for oneself & that the quest for perfection is not only impossible but would be boring if ever achieved.
To get out of your own way!
Oh and one more thing...DON'T DIE WONDERING!
2006-07-18 03:18:14 · answer #1 · answered by audeo8 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't take crap from anyone, don't marry, don't join the Navy and buy Haliburton stock...and don't forget the sunscreen!!
"If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.
Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing every day that scares you.
Sing.
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.
Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.
Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.
Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.
Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.
Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.
Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen..."
by Mary Schmich
2006-07-17 10:32:38 · answer #2 · answered by DEATH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell myself "Don't do something you may regret 10 years from now. Think first"
And to make sure you let ravioli cool after heating it up in the microwave, nothing worse that a total palate burn.
2006-07-17 11:13:40 · answer #3 · answered by not at home 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't go to the Blue Oyster Cult concert
at Misquamicut Beach (1977) bad things will happen
stay home ,,,,,
2006-07-17 10:30:35 · answer #4 · answered by BONE° 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I could go back and tell me youngerself something... I would tell myself not to listen to all of the foolish males that I would meet in the future and to focus on school.
2006-07-17 14:26:35 · answer #5 · answered by Short and sweet 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get healthy now, take everything at its own speed, stay away from those toxic people in your life, and take that agent up on his offer all those years ago...I coulda been a star!
2006-07-17 10:35:07 · answer #6 · answered by Vatican Lokey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Follow your instincts and don't change any choices you'd make just because the "you" of the future thinks it's a good idea to do so.
2006-07-17 12:37:14 · answer #7 · answered by museevolution 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would tell my younger self to just go for things,that you rarely regret what you do,it's what you don't do that haunts you forever.
2006-07-17 10:29:41 · answer #8 · answered by kimberli 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would tell her, don't get married so soon. Go to college and learn to make some money.
2006-07-17 10:30:10 · answer #9 · answered by mom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quit Fuc&%ng off in school
2006-07-17 10:31:02 · answer #10 · answered by Eye of Innocence 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋