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if you could start life all over again from the age of 16 what changes would you make to your life ?

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if you could start life all over again from the age of 16 what changes would you make to your life ?

Posted: Jun 13, 2008, 3:08 AM CST
DaisyChick wrote:
Well I could say what "I'm supposed to say" that I have no regrets because it made me who I am today, but... Who am I fooling?

For starters, I moved out of my dysfunctional home at 16, I should have never looked back and tried to mend things with the parents. BIG mistake, once druggies always druggies...
I'd have swallowed my pride and stayed with family so I could have stayed in school. Instead I worked two full-time jobs and supported myself and quit school.
So NOW at 31 I just got my GED and am working on my first year of college.

There are many others but these were the main two things I'd change.



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welcome to the thread daisychick ! ( love people that are really talking )!


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lots to talk about there later ...

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"PLEASE TALK LOTS MORE "

because you sound like an interesting person with lots to say for herself

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1. what was your childhood and parents like ?

2. who was your favourite members of the family ? ...and why ?

3.what else would you change ??????

4. QUOTE

" Well I could say what "I'm supposed to say" that I have no regrets because it made me who I am today, but... Who am I fooling? "


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5. i wished i studied more subjects at school on the next level like geography, sociology , economics, history and biology !

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i wished i had spent more time doing more self defence ...and creative things

6. i started private filmmaking classes when i was 18 but never followed it up for years !... was getting good at playing the piano but never persued it! wished i persued my hobbies and interest more from a younger age

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love thepeople that are " really talking "

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Posted: Jun 13, 2008, 3:12 AM CST
DaisyChick wrote:
Well I could say what "I'm supposed to say" that I have no regrets because it made me who I am today, but... Who am I fooling?

For starters, I moved out of my dysfunctional home at 16, I should have never looked back and tried to mend things with the parents. BIG mistake, once druggies always druggies...
I'd have swallowed my pride and stayed with family so I could have stayed in school. Instead I worked two full-time jobs and supported myself and quit school.
So NOW at 31 I just got my GED and am working on my first year of college.

There are many others but these were the main two things I'd change.


PS

whats a GED ?..and what job do you want to do in life now ?

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Posted: Jun 13, 2008, 3:59 AM CST
I'm happy with my lot, love the life I'm living and have lived and the plans that I have for the future;

I wish I could just have another life time to do even more in. rolling on the floor laughing

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dcj22
Somewhere, Minnesota USA
Posted: Jun 13, 2008, 4:47 AM CST
DaisyChick wrote:
Well I could say what "I'm supposed to say" that I have no regrets because it made me who I am today, but... Who am I fooling?

For starters, I moved out of my dysfunctional home at 16, I should have never looked back and tried to mend things with the parents. BIG mistake, once druggies always druggies...
I'd have swallowed my pride and stayed with family so I could have stayed in school. Instead I worked two full-time jobs and supported myself and quit school.
So NOW at 31 I just got my GED and am working on my first year of college.

There are many others but these were the main two things I'd change.


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dcj22
Somewhere, Minnesota USA
Posted: Jun 13, 2008, 4:49 AM CST
gillyloves69 wrote:
PS

whats a GED ?..and what job do you want to do in life now ?




GED is a General Education Diploma - you can take it if you didn't finish high school to prove that you have the knowledge you would have gained there in order to get a better job or go on to college. It's the same as having a high school diploma here.
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Orenji
Pensacola, Florida USA
Posted: Jun 13, 2008, 4:50 AM CST
Well... I can't really say anything other than have taken the chances with the people that were willing to give me chances.
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lola36
dublin, Dublin Ireland
Posted: Jun 13, 2008, 4:51 AM CST
Hard to say Gilly,it would be a few changes,i will think about it...hug teddy bear
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Posted: Jun 13, 2008, 4:58 AM CST
dcj22 wrote:
GED is a General Education Diploma - you can take it if you didn't finish high school to prove that you have the knowledge you would have gained there in order to get a better job or go on to college. It's the same as having a high school diploma here.




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thanks for the information !...but its not the information that i'm interested in when i ask people that i'm talking to these questions !

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its the " conversation "

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Posted: Jun 13, 2008, 5:00 AM CST
lola36 wrote:
Hard to say Gilly,it would be a few changes,i will think about it...



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what happened to you ?
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lola36
dublin, Dublin Ireland
Posted: Jun 13, 2008, 5:03 AM CST
gillyloves69 wrote:
hi lola 36

what happened to you ?



hehe...nothing happened honey...Lol
Just thinking what i could change when i will start my life again...hug kiss wink
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Posted: Jun 13, 2008, 2:24 PM CST
gillyloves69 wrote:
welcome to the thread daisychick ! ( love people that are really talking )!

lots to talk about there later ...
"PLEASE TALK LOTS MORE "

because you sound like an interesting person with lots to say for herself



1. what was your childhood and parents like ?

2. who was your favourite members of the family ? ...and why ?

3.what else would you change ??????

4. QUOTE

" Well I could say what "I'm supposed to say" that I have no regrets because it made me who I am today, but... Who am I fooling? "

5. i wished i studied more subjects at school on the next level like geography, sociology , economics, history and biology !



i wished i had spent more time doing more self defence ...and creative things

6. i started private filmmaking classes when i was 18 but never followed it up for years !... was getting good at playing the piano but never persued it! wished i persued my hobbies and interest more from a younger age
love the people that are " really talking "


what was it like doing 2 full time jobs then ?


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Posted: Jun 13, 2008, 2:32 PM CST
hard to say
knee jerk reaction is i woulda said yes to record deals
but if i think about it my reasons still stand...
so oh well
ive never done w/o food on the table and a love of that gift

i would have never picked up drugs
maybe
some awesome people ive met in the last 16 yrs
in uncle bill's house

i would have somehow avoided my daughters kidnap of 14 yrs- i missd all her life from 3-17 but mostly now i think because she is so screwed up because of it.

i was sposedly physically unable to have a child but against all odds, an aged partner, one time, w/ a condom
i have a brilliant 15 yr old

i dunno
no regrets

im learning my plans are never as good for me as life's road

try to do the next right thing and keep my fingers out of it

do the footwork-let go of the results

i must not regret much as im not ashamed anymore to tell any and all of my history-and according to societys standards-some of its a bit-hmmmm-inappropriate?

but its mine and its made me who i am
and the older i get the more im peaceful in this skin

thot provoking topic gilly
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2catchastar
Corning, New York USA
Posted: Jun 13, 2008, 2:43 PM CST
Changes? Lots of them,
1. treat parents with much more respect.
2. believed parents (listened to parents more)
3. would not got married at the age of 18
4. paid more attention to school then friends.
5. would not have rode a horse or motercycle thru the school. (never met the board of education)
6. would have tried to talk 3 of my bestfriends not to skip class, instead of skipping out on them, they were all killed that day, I decided not to go, would really like to have the chance to get them to stay with me.
7. never mind the list goes on to much.
Can I be someone else for a while?
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jimbhoy
In Glasgow, Dublin Ireland
Posted: Jun 13, 2008, 3:05 PM CST
at 16 i joined the Army, I cant say I would change anything as it would change who I am today. Yes I have regrets and made mistakes and wish I did some things differently, but i have tried to learn from them and as someone once told me "remember your Yesterdays.. look to your tomorrows but Live for today"here's to you
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Posted: Jun 13, 2008, 3:40 PM CST
mindfful wrote:
hard to say
knee jerk reaction is i woulda said yes to record deals
but if i think about it my reasons still stand...
so oh well
ive never done w/o food on the table and a love of that gift

i would have never picked up drugs
maybe
some awesome people ive met in the last 16 yrs
in uncle bill's house

i would have somehow avoided my daughters kidnap of 14 yrs- i missd all her life from 3-17 but mostly now i think because she is so screwed up because of it.

i was sposedly physically unable to have a child but against all odds, an aged partner, one time, w/ a condom
i have a brilliant 15 yr old

i dunno
no regrets

im learning my plans are never as good for me as life's road

try to do the next right thing and keep my fingers out of it



do the footwork-let go of the results

i must not regret much as im not ashamed anymore to tell any and all of my history-and according to societys standards-some of its a bit-hmmmm-inappropriate?

but its mine and its made me who i am
and the older i get the more im peaceful in this skin

thot provoking topic gilly


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hi mindful ! do you want to talk about all this stuff ?

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Posted: Jun 14, 2008, 4:50 AM CST
2catchastar wrote:
Changes? Lots of them,
1. treat parents with much more respect.
2. believed parents (listened to parents more)
3. would not got married at the age of 18
4. paid more attention to school then friends.
5. would not have rode a horse or motercycle thru the school. (never met the board of education)
6. would have tried to talk 3 of my bestfriends not to skip class, instead of skipping out on them, they were all killed that day, I decided not to go, would really like to have the chance to get them to stay with me.
7. never mind the list goes on to much.
Can I be someone else for a while?



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dp you want to talk about all this ?
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Posted: Jun 14, 2008, 5:13 AM CST
Alot of Education, loved and beleived in myself much more...I would change some things and have figured them out sooner...

I'm cool now...but given the chance...I would take some changes
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Posted: Jun 14, 2008, 5:16 AM CST
I am headed the right direction...just taken so long...I would like more time to enjoy...dance, laugh..learn
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Scottfultz
Morristown, Tennessee USA
Posted: Jun 14, 2008, 7:19 AM CST
think I would of raised more hell,
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Posted: Jun 14, 2008, 9:44 AM CST
mindfful wrote:
hard to say
knee jerk reaction is i woulda said yes to record deals
but if i think about it my reasons still stand...
so oh well
ive never done w/o food on the table and a love of that gift

i would have never picked up drugs
maybe
some awesome people ive met in the last 16 yrs
in uncle bill's house

i would have somehow avoided my daughters kidnap of 14 yrs- i missd all her life from 3-17 but mostly now i think because she is so screwed up because of it.

i was sposedly physically unable to have a child but against all odds, an aged partner, one time, w/ a condom
i have a brilliant 15 yr old

i dunno
no regrets

im learning my plans are never as good for me as life's road

try to do the next right thing and keep my fingers out of it

do the footwork-let go of the results

i must not regret much as im not ashamed anymore to tell any and all of my history-and according to societys standards-some of its a bit-hmmmm-inappropriate?

but its mine and its made me who i am
and the older i get the more im peaceful in this skin

thot provoking topic gilly



ANSWERS PART 1

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welcome to the thread mindful !

its nice to have people like you join the thread and give us things to talk about !

conversing:

i love the things that you talk about ..and the depth of coversations !

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also the fact that you don't care what people think about you talking about these things on the forums

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but not only that ..but also...

ITS GREAT LISTENING TO INTERESTING PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT INTERESTING THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO THEM.... OR MIGHT NOT HAVE HAPPENED TO THEM..IF THEIR LIVES HAD TAKEN A DIFFERENT COURSE !

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1. tell us the story behind you saying " no " to record deals !

were you a recording artsist ? ..a musican ? ...a producer ?

2. do you see yourself as a creative person ?...if so when did you're creativity start and end ?

3. and why did you betray the creative side of you ?

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4. what were you gifted with ?...and when did you first realise that you were gifted ?

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END OF PART 1 PART 2 TO FOLLOW SOON
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