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A fue more things....

I would have learned to dance,really dance not the hop skip and jumping kind,but the kind where u hold someone close and feel the energy of the moment...but I have two left feet.

Been less serious about life,laughed more to live in the moment of it,maybe I still can.

paid way less attintion to members of my family who put me down lie a dog cause I was diffrent.In the stream of life there little darlings ended up doing worse things than I ever did. or have.

paid more attintion to family history,for som reason my grand parents didnt talk about it much..so I have always wondered.

I would have just stayed out of it.

Been WAY more judicious about who I chose to spend my time with.:kissy:

I would not have put my career before everything and everyone

I would not have walked away when I should have taken time..

I would have chosen to get my degree more efficiently

I would have been more open and willing

I would have not felt the need to be so "tough" all the time

stuck in the 70's
 

Doing the wudda cudda shudda will not help me now. But re-framing works pretty good....

My choices might not look so hot to others, my choices are mine however. I prefer to believe they were all the right choices. I looked hawt in bell bottoms, lol

The lovers that left me... thank you so much... I am grateful.

The lovers I left.... you go sister!! Stand up for yourself.

nope. wouldn't change a thing.:bunchflowers:

I would have finished college right out of HS instead of making an adult career out of finishing my degrees.

:clover:

no doubt meri... /smh

I would have invested in "old cranky people " OTC medicine. Freebies y'all, freebies.

Lots of big bank deposits.... :blueheels: and cute sandals.

I would have kissed some girls in my 20s.

I would still be in the Midwest

I would have said no thanks.

My daughter and I have talked about this one, several times. What she said is that regretting past desecions is a waste of energy. Everything she has gone through-both good and bad-have lead up to the person she is now and the life she has now. And those are both very sweet (as in good).

I've thought about this alot. The thing is, that the things I would change are things that would wipe out of exsistance the 2 people who mean the most to me... my daughter and my graddaughter. And that is not even worth thinking about.

I would never have sold my Echo..... I loved that car....and it still hurts me to this day.....

OMG there is sooooooooo much I would do differently if I could........ I would have told someone in authority about my stepfather's abuse when my mom didn't believe me, I would have finished high school, I would definately have chosen a different profession, I would have come out to my family myself instead of being outed, etc, etc, etc, etc.

If I knew then what I know now, I would have joined the military when I graduated high school

If I knew then what I know now, I would have become a Chef then instead of waiting till I was 50yrso. I know now that things would have been just fine and retirement would have been much better.

If I knew then what I know now, I wouldn't have wasted so much time with things that didn't end up mattering, in the long run.

Amen. This exactly, for me, too.

If I knew then what I know now, I would have used my brain to make a living instead of working like a man to prove myself. All I have proven is that working like a man has broken my body down terribly and it didn't have to be that way had I used my brain

I posted this last year when I had been out of work waiting on surgery and still waited 4 more weeks for the surgery. That said..had I known years ago that I had an actual injury in my knee I'd had said surgery years earlier and saved myself a lot of physical and emotional pain and suffering.

If I knew then what I know now, I would not have waited this long to lose weight. Every pound lost is a wrinkle waiting to break free.

If I knew then.
 

If I knew then what I know now I would have had quite a different life after a time. I had a great early life and being a wild teen LOL but as an adult I would have changed a few things that I now regret doing but it is what it is.

If I knew then what I know now I'd have quit blaming others much sooner. It was a waste of breath, waste of time, waste of energy and it didn't change much of anything. Better to have just let it go and gotten on with it. Life is too short.

I would have...
stood my ground more when challenged...
had more confidence in my decisions...
realized what was in front of me in the moment instead of worrying about the past or stressing over where I thought I wanted to be...
been more understanding and empathetic towards others...
stuck it out in college and not been so naive about opportunity...or love.

If I knew then, what I know now (…)
 

I most likely would make decisions differently: But past experiences have taught me what I know now. I feel humility for myself and others who have suffered through life and I feel gratitude for all the good memories of treasured moments with people I deeply care about. I’m glad I can feel content with where I’m at in life. I’m wishing the same for others. :balloon: