If you had 45 seconds

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If you had 45 seconds with your 18-year-old self, what would you tell yourself?

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[prorsus.livejournal.com]

Don't go to college, it is a total waste of time.

[topum.livejournal.com]

What would you have spent that time doing?

[sparkythegeek.livejournal.com]

1. Go away to college and don't look back
2. Get real about your gender identity, because you KNOW, and find out how to come out

[topum.livejournal.com]

How much time would 2 have saved you?

[(Anonymous)]

Start reading much much more. Now.

[topum.livejournal.com]

What three books would you ask yourself to read first?

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

"Buy domain names. For example, when someone from jobs.com comes to your office, -you'll ask how much they paid for that domain name, and it was a million dollars."

[topum.livejournal.com]

It is a great practical one. I would probably have gone with something like this rather than the deep philosophical ones. Because those deep ones are not about just hearing them, I still wouldn't have listened.

[(Anonymous)]

Don't marry that girl, you will be very bad for each other.

[topum.livejournal.com]

Was the next one better )?

[beautesauvage13.livejournal.com]

There are no failures only opportunities to learn. 

Athena

[topum.livejournal.com]

Are you sure you would go with something as generic and non-specific to you? You probably heard it many times by the time you were 18 anyway?

[sleepybadger.livejournal.com]

I probably wouldn't, because though it has been a hard and painful road at times, all of that lead me to being the person that I am today.

If I wanted to spare myself some pain....

1. Don't let others push you away from getting a tech degree - you're here to learn, you don't have to know everything already.
2. That guy you think is kind of a dick is actually a total dick. Get out of it before it gets way worse.
3. You don't love yourself yet, but you will. There are a lot of people who will try to make you feel even shittier about yourself than you already do. It will pass.
4. Spend time and money only on those people and things that make your heart truly happy.

And then maybe a couple of stock suggestions for my last 5 seconds :D

[topum.livejournal.com]

You life would be totally different now, right?
I wonder if you can imagine the person you would be now.

[(Anonymous)]

Stock and betting recommendations. Fuck all that "it will make you a better person" shit.

[topum.livejournal.com]

I like this practical approach. Not because I think "it will make you a better person" shit doesn't matter but mostly because I do not think you can really help anyone much with that just by talking to them for 45 secs.

my 5 commandments

[diejacobsleiter.livejournal.com]

1. Learn to tell people"no". This is the art of life.
2. Don't make compromises, they destroy you and don't bring what you expect of them.
3. Study, read, work, don't waste time on "relationship". Study, reading, and and work build you; "relationship" destroys.
4. Live near the ocean. It gives you the sense of proportions and helps to diminish your sense of self-importance.
5. All is vanity except for your work (≠ job) and your children.

RE: my 5 commandments

[topum.livejournal.com]

I expected the full ten commandments from you ). They would have to be really short though as you would have only 4.5 secs for each of them.

[bichoose.livejournal.com]

Don't....get married at 18...
Don't except the challenge of change job or get pregnant...
Don't believe there will always be an England where there is a country road.

[topum.livejournal.com]

I like the third one ).

[zvezda.livejournal.com]

Go to an in-state, public university and live as cheaply as possible because you don't want student loans later.

[topum.livejournal.com]

A great practical one.

[regisjr.livejournal.com]

Beware of too much good food!

[topum.livejournal.com]

Probably a good one but the one I cannot agree with ).

[meowmensteen]

18-year-old me probably wouldn't listen to me no matter what I said. Good too. I did make a lot of mistakes back then, but those mistakes needed to happen to get to where I am today.

[meowmensteen]

On second though, I might give myself some investment advice :b

[manintheboat.livejournal.com]

The Cubs will win the 2016 World Series!

[topum.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's both interesting and could help one make some money too.

[slobberpuppy.livejournal.com]

Wear ear protection at loud concerts/shows/events.

I have great practice with this sort of question, and my answer is always the same.

[genghis-cohn.livejournal.com]

that one made me grin. I wish someone told me that at 18, my hearing is totally shot from all the heavy metal concerts in the 80s/90s.

[mallorys-camera.livejournal.com]

First buy real estate. Then drop acid. :-)

[topum.livejournal.com]

Haha, I like the order of these.

[genghis-cohn.livejournal.com]

I would tell myself to beg, borrow or steal in order to buy real estate in some decrepit New York City areas that would 10-15 years later become priceless during the gentrification.

[topum.livejournal.com]

One of my brothers actually did that.

[myfinalusername.livejournal.com]

I should have got more involved in college, I kept myself to myself at lunchtime and did not get involved in the clubs the college I attended ran.

Also why did not I date N or F what was up with you

[topum.livejournal.com]

Haha, that's a good one. I like this one.

[ascending-fire.livejournal.com]

To never get caught up in drinking and drugs, and to not be promiscuous, thinking it will make guys like me.. yeah I was really dum between 19 and 26.

[topum.livejournal.com]

Would probably save you way more than seven years if you include the time it took you to get out of the crap caused by that.

[gneu.livejournal.com]

I should have given my virginity to the first girl who offered to take it. She would have been the much better memory.

[topum.livejournal.com]

You wouldn't know though. Unless you did her afterwards anyway.

[(Anonymous)]

Take more risks, screw up more and spend less time being afraid.

[topum.livejournal.com]

What are the top three things you wish you went for?