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I would have had more patience with Barbara and been more open with her.
Never had such a bad breakup in my life.
 
I probably would go back and try to get into a college and play ice hockey. Not trying is a crappy feeling later in life. :-/
 
When I was young I discounted very good advice from caring friends, teachers
and employers. Having to do it MY way. I wish I had trusted these people more......:sun:
 
Not move in with relatives. No matter how tough it got, I should have stayed out on my own. But hindsight is 20/20 🙂
 
Not "hooking up" with my friends girl when being sh!t drunk, and him finding out later, man that was painful and if I could I would un-do it but am stuck with the drunken choice I made, however it was a good life lesson. Plus I will never put myself in a situation like that ever again.
 
College.
I started college a week before I turned 17 in 1988. Slacked big time my first term and got put on academic probation. Slacked big time my second term and got kicked out. Spent the next 10 years or so working minimum wage jobs and occasionally attending community college. Finally got a useless BS degree in 1998. Went to a different school in 99 and finally got my stuff together and got a second BS in Computer Science in 2001 graduating with honors. Now I'm doing well, have a good paying job, and just bought my first house.

So I'm doing great now.
But I often think about how much better I would be doing at this point in life if I had started my career in 1992 instead of 2001.
I definitely regret not going straight through college right after high school.
 
I would have gone to college earlier and made more serious plans for my future. Also, wouldn't have left FL for the shithole state I live in now, but then again had I done that I wouldn't have my son...so it's good and bad.
 
Originally posted by: Shanti
College.
I started college a week before I turned 17 in 1988. Slacked big time my first term and got put on academic probation. Slacked big time my second term and got kicked out. Spent the next 10 years or so working minimum wage jobs and occasionally attending community college. Finally got a useless BS degree in 1998. Went to a different school in 99 and finally got my stuff together and got a second BS in Computer Science in 2001 graduating with honors. Now I'm doing well, have a good paying job, and just bought my first house.

So I'm doing great now.
But I often think about how much better I would be doing at this point in life if I had started my career in 1992 instead of 2001.
I definitely regret not going straight through college right after high school.
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Somewhat the same path I traveled except the minimum wage job part although they still didn't pay sh!t. Would have been nice to get a career going early, though as you said.

 
Originally posted by: PanzerIV

Somewhat the same path I traveled except the minimum wage job part although they still didn't pay sh!t. Would have been nice to get a career going early, though as you said.
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The kind of jobs I took were things like janitorial and food service. Even though I spent all that time not really accomplishing anything in school, I never gave up on the college thing to take a full-time job. I was always telling myself and my wife that next term I would really dedicate myself to school. I guess in the long run, that's a good thing, since although it took 10 years, I did eventually do it.

I've been a permanent employee at my current job (started as contract work) for a year and a half now and already have around $6000 in my 401K. My house I bought a year ago has already gone up in value by about 30k. It hurts to think about how much money I would have in equity and retirement savings, not to mention how much higher my income would be right now, if I had started my career 9 years earlier.

 
Didn't anyone learn anything from back to the future??

"Changing your past will effect your future. There is a thing called the Ripple Effect. That means that you can can go back in time and change something, but your future may not have changed yet. It all depends on the severity of your action." (not a direct quote from the movie)

That movie is on tonight!!
 
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