What would current you

[Gumbo4x4]

why is this ?

By drink I mean booze. Made the plane feel like it was going backwards. Hello airsick bag!!!

 

[BellsFam]

#1 - "Stop chasing him... believe it or not, he will end up chasing you one day, but only because you walked away from him, and it will be then that you let him catch you"

"Get to the gym, get in some good habits now"

"You aren't going to be able to eat like that one day, so enjoy it now"

"Find some new girl friends now...cultivate the newer relationships, the so-called friends you have now will turn their back on you and it won't be pretty"

"Talk more to your BF's dad more, he will be your FIL one day, and you will lose him too quickly, he is a smart, loving man, learn from him because you will end up married to the exact same man..."

 

[WorldWacky]

Don't let your voice teacher talk you out of changing your major. Go with your instinct and get that teaching degree now. It'll be harder later when you already have a husband and children and soccer games and dance classes and lacrosse games and music lessons and so on and so on and so on...

 

[FINFAN]

and I would tell that 20 year old Thank You for not doing stupid shi* back then with questionable others that could have ruined now

 

[karensi]

Speak up more, be true to your feelings, don't go along with what others say and do just because it's easier than saying what you really feel.

 

[E&Cmom]

Don't worry so much about what others think, be more assertive ad less shy stand up for yourself and take more chances.

Spend as much time as I could can with my mom .....she died when I was 26.

 

[superme80]

Take more chances. Work out more and eat better. And for goodness sake, drop out of that stupid program you wasted 2 years of your life in. There is so much better out there for you!

 

[MickeySP]

Hey you!! On that night in the summer of 1981 when you think you are sober enough to drive - YOU ARE NOT!! Stonewalls are not compatible with your mother's Chevy Nova.

 

[Andtototoo]

1. Don't believe people (professors, parents, friends) when they tell you that employers will look on your work ethic and be impressed by how you worked your way through college by working like a dog, surviving on very little, and still graduating with full honors. Don't believe people when they say that employers will overlook the fact that working your way through college meant you could not have the unpaid internship. They don't know what they're talking about and employers will not even look at you, so you'll have to choose a different career than planned. So from the start, choose a different major. Or stay in your original major.
2. Don't buy that first house.
3. Don't be so willing to compromise, so easy going, so "low maintenance" in your personal life because that means that over time, your needs and wishes will start to be ignored and you'll wake up one day wondering how you got to this point where you are not living the life you want and having to make huge and difficult changes at a time when you're getting older and your health isn't 100%.

 

[Mizzoufan]

Hey listen to the parents they are the smartest people you will ever meet and they are the only ones that truly have your back!

 

[Happy Snowman]

Live life to the fullest but don't do anything stupid enough that it will stay with you forever. Take the time to be a bit silly, crazy, travel, stay up all night just watching the stars, or hanging out in an empty building, whatever, because you only have 2 more years to be a kid. Luckily, our kids are doing/did just that (and still finishing their degrees, getting good grades, etc.)

 

[ZephyrHawk]

You'll get what you want, it just takes some time.

 

[Stitchypoo626]

So I have an idea for me. Since I won't be 20 till 2019. I won't be telling myself anything till probably when I am about 40 years old so that will be about 2039. What I will tell myself then is to never fly my car over the 110 miles per hour speed limit. Never go on 1st dates to the Moon that is way too far out and by the time I am 20 they will most likely have had two or three things replace Facebook by then so I won't have to worry about that.

 

[lizabu]

Slow down with relationships. Get a degree. See the world. Be fearless.

 

[DisneyNutMary]

Finish school, struggle now to reap the benefits later.
Change your eating habits now, it's easier to start clean eating at 20, with no kids and an up stressful job, than it is at 40 with bad habits fully established.

 

[PollyannaMom]

To make my (then future) husband get the sleep study a lot earlier - and take care of the problem before it causes heart symptoms.

 

[Bluestars]

Find something you love to do and figure out a way to make money doing it.

Education is important and it's much easier to get that degree when you are young.

People will only change if they choose to do it. Nothing you do will ever make someone change. Learn to move on when the situation isn't desirable. Better yet, see the red flags and don't get into a relationship in the first place.

 

[cleverclovers]

Keep all accounts in your own name ONLY! Do not allow hubby on ANY of your credit cards. Pay cards off monthly. Stash money in account hubby cannot access. Divorce the idiot at the first sign of abuse of either yourself or your baby.

P.S. Educate yourself on the signs of abuse and don't think that it will never happen to you.
Fight back.

 

[gwynne]

Your first impressions of people are often correct. Pay attention to that.

 

[Happy Snowman]

Keep all accounts in your own name ONLY! Do not allow hubby on ANY of your credit cards. Pay cards off monthly. Stash money in account hubby cannot access. Divorce the idiot at the first sign of abuse of either yourself or your baby.

P.S. Educate yourself on the signs of abuse and don't think that it will never happen to you.
Fight back.

Obviously you have had experience with this but I sure hope our kids do not have to live in a state of paranoia like this.