If you could write a letter to your past self

[TXHokie]

Should have switched major in college to computer cause that's what you gonna be doing anyway in spite of not wanting to end up in a job staring at a screen all day - you'll be working at a job staring at two screens in your future. Should've hit all those parties and go hang out cause all that time that was devoted to studying didn't mean squat then nor does it now - those midterms and finals didn't contain any of that stuff you studied for. Oh yeah, and stop and smell the roses. and don't quit working out after college or that's the last time you'll see those six packs.

 

[potato28]

1) Save more money
2) Don't go down those stairs, you'll hate it during the summers
3) Get a job. NOW.
4) Trust the parents, they will always love you no matter what.

 

[JohnCU]

never start drinking and never max out those credit cards you idiot.

 

[Bateluer]

Depends how far back I could write. I am pretty certain that any letter I wrote to my 18 year old self would be ignored because I knew everything back then. Best bet, I'd write to myself in 2003 and tell myself to 1) Start school immediately and 2) Use Mypay to start an allotment.

 

[theeedude]

Lose 100 lbs by 97, not 2007, fatty.

 

[Al Neri]

Same advice I gave myself and will give myself.

Nothing good happens after 3 AM.

 

[Martin]

Letter 1:

Dear 2006 Martin,
You were recently considering buying RIMM stock, but decided not to risk it. PUT ALL YOUR FUCKING MONEY IN IT! Also, don't give all 13 of the BlackBerries back to them when you leave. Keep a few for yourself, they won't notice.

Cheers,
2008 Martin


Letter 2:

Dear 2000 Martin,
Dude, you need to learn to relax a bit. Start smoking pot, it'll do you some good.

Cheers,
2008 Martin.

 

[Anghang]

take TKD when it's offered to you
exercise more
hold onto that ebay stock even though it cost you more than expected at IPO

 

[PHiuR]

get with all those girls that you didn't in high school.

that is all.

 

[Trey22]

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: Trey22
1. Don't jump and do a half turn while jumping to save a ball out of bounds (knee bends the OTHER way).

lol, volleyball? I cracked the ball of the fibula when I was doing a 180 turn and got slammed by the 22 blockers of the other team when they somehow missed the ball and hit me. Landed with legs crossed, top side of the foot first. The snaping sound was so loud the game in the next court stopped. No screaming from me since I was too busy sucking air to scream.

Hoops... the game I love to hate.

 

[Shawn]

HD DVD fails

 

[Red Dawn]

Just say no.

 

[manowar821]

You don't wanna know.

 

[I Saw OJ]

Everything that you think is right, do the opposite.

 

[manlymatt83]

I'd prefer not to say why, but about two months ago I would have written myself a note.

 

[skyking]

It would be a fvcking novel. I doubt I would heed the warnings, I'm a stubborn bastige.

 

[venkman]

I'd send myself a copy of Gray's Sports Almanac.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Xavier434

Originally posted by: Rudee
Buy Google stock!

I like this one.

Don't forget to include a good sell date.

Maybe you could also short some AOL and Enron stock.


There would of course be other stuff; some would have to do with college. With money from the aforementioned stock sales, they'd be moot anyway, as I would have the luxury of taking as many philosophy courses as I wanted. Now, I'd like to have some form of employment other than Walmart in the future, so a philosophy degree is not an option now.
After or along with that, I'd also look into some advanced branch of physics.

I would also introduce my middle-school self to the concept of sarcasm, something I didn't really learn about until late high school. Seriously.

Finally, "At around age 26, you will be given an opportunity to write a letter to your younger self. Do it. Continue the cycle until we/I become the most advanced temporally-looped human in existence."

Originally posted by: Sumguy
Note to self: Several girls will ask you out through high school. They aren't kidding, and you will want to punch yourself later for thinking they were.

Others will make it as obvious as possible without just blurting it out. Take the hints. A good one is "So, doing anything this weekend?"

You're not alone in that club, and perhaps some of you will recognize the story.
Someone once asked me if I was planning on studying for a Physics final. I was honest, and as modestly as I could, I answered that I really wasn't planning on studying for it, since I was already pretty good with the material.
Several hours later, it occurred to me that she might possibly have been asking if I would study with her.

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

I would write back when I was in HS.

The girl is just using you, and not for the stuff you want her to use you for. She won't date you or do anything with you, just move on. Don't let your gf push all your female friends away, and also stop caring so much about having a relationship or something and get laid.

Don't break up with your gf through the last year of HS. She will get you a good job, and help you learn things about yourself that you wouldn't have for a long time if ever. Once you have that job, end it. Immediately.

Use your money from your first job to buy stocks of Google. You will be much better off financially then if you go buy that really cool tablet pc.

Don't buy the gf a car. Or if you want to be stubborn and buy her one, spend $1000 on it instead of a brand new car. It will be a $5k mistake, that will affect you for a few years.

Just keep the girl that you meet through a friend and hang out with over the summer of 07 a FWB. Date her if you want, but it will not go anywhere. She will leave the concert with another dude, even though she says she loved you a day before. Don't get attached to her at all.

In your freshman year of college, go hit on more girls and goto parties.

Save more money, start saving it ASAP. Stop buying stupid things, and work on saving money.

Live life. Don't worry about people so much. You can only control yourself, and things you do. Don't get hung up over a girl, let her do what she will but enjoy your life. She was a b*tch anyways. Being single is fun, enjoy it. Live in the moment, and stop thinking everything out trying to analyze everything. It won't help. Learn to enjoy the simple things in life. Don't spend so much money on girls you like, because they won't appriciate it or were just using you anyways. A girl will like you for who you are, and buying her things is NOT the way to keep her or the message you want to send. Caring for girls and going out of your way for them on a regular basis will result in you getting walked all over.

Don't stop riding your bike, go skydiving sooner, get into paintball sooner, and don't let the long term relationship girl (who you shouldn't propose to because she isn't worth it) say you can't do something.

 

[Cuular]

Be careful of the first wife deciding to stop taking Birth Control pills, without telling you...

 

[Platypus]

Self,

Don't wake up on June 24th 1997 despite best efforts made otherwise.

-Me

 

[queenrobot]

Don't answer the phone when your father calls, ever.

 

[Zedtom]

If you are at a party and a girl seems interested in you, never ever walk away and go hang with your buds.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Dear Andrew,

If a relationship seems like it's going downhill, that's because it is. This will save you much time and emotional stress.

Sincerely,
Your future self

 

[venkman]

Dear 1996 venkman,

The Internet is not a fad.


Sincerly, 2008 venkman