if you could know now what you knew then...?

Question

What is it that you wish you had known then? how would your life had be different now?

Answer 1

I would definitely do better in school. I just did the minimum just to get by, not really planning ahead. Now i have to work hard away from my family. I would have to say l would educate myself better

Answer 2

What I know now, I certainly knew then. I have a good memory. But, anyway, if you mean; if you had known then, in 2003, what you know today, (in 2006) would you have voted to approve the use of force in Iraq? That's my question, Senator. Senator replies, Duh. Maybe the past, present and future are all scripted, maybe nothing we can do will change the way things unfold. Now that the philosophical part is over: I wish that I'd invested $1000 in microsoft in 1972, how would my life be different, let me count the ways.

Answer 3

I wish someone had told me that not all mothers love their children. I'd have known early what a witch my mother was and would have moved from my hometown the day I turned eighteen and never gone back. My life would have been so very different because the tears I cried would have been of my own making.

Answer 4

I believe that if I knew how things were going to end up and I knew how I was going to feel now, I would probably change things. On the other hand. If I had changed things, who knows, I may have still been with an ex, who I now realize I didn't love. I am with someone that I love. I believe that whatever happens, happens for a reason... That God knows wha he wants for us. There are deffinately things that I would have changed, knowing how thigs are now and my feelings now. But later on in like, who knows, something better may come along. and if you change one thing, everything changes. What is supposed to happen may be completely screwed up. I would much rather let whatever is going to happen, happen. We learn lessons from what mistakes we make. We carry them along with us in life. If I had changed something to make me stay with my ex... I could be in a messed up relationship. still be over weight and not going to school. I took the right path. I let God and life lead to where I was suppsed to go.

I guess if I had to find something that I wish I knew back then, I'd have to say, never ever lie. Never let chances pass you by. Learn from your mistakes, rather than repeat them. AND LIVE LIFE!

Answer 5

I think when I was younger, I worried too much about making other people happy. Don't get me wrong...it's not WRONG to want to make people happy, but when you do it too often, you end up thinking you're less worthy of the same consideration. People CAN mistake your kindness for weakness, and take advantage of you. When I was in my early 20's, I was everyone's 'go to' person because everyone knew I'd help them out, even if it meant staying up for days on end. Sometimes, you have to say no. For example, I could have put all of that effort into my own education, or finding myself a job with potential much earlier than I did...rather than helping everyone else achieve those goals.

Answer 6

I would have gone to college sooner, had my first child later in life, not married the man I married but, most importantly never second guess myself. When in doubt move on out. My gut is never wrong and it has taken 38 years to realize that I shouldn't doubt my instincts. As for now I'll apply my own brand of wisdom to my life from this day forward. I hope all of you do to.

Answer 7

I wish I knew how much better it feels when letting go of anger, going with the flow, accepting things I cannot change.
Also, to worry less, because the outcome is the same, weather you worry or not.

Answer 8

I wish I knew not to marry a man with children....it can be very nasty. I didn't know my husband had an 18 yr old daughter...only found out the day after we got married....and she is a total B....she and her mum are always trying to split my family up....I'd never marry a man with baggage again.

Answer 9

had I known I would have not listened to my father and went onto court reporting school and made something of myself besides a homemaker! But then again I wouldn't have gotten married at 19 either.

Answer 10

I wish I had've known some people to avoid. My life would be less confusing.