Comments on: Things I Wish I’d Known When I Was Younger

By: Anonymous Coward

Anonymous Coward — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:22:54 +0000

Leave the family back where they are and go figure out what you want to do. They will be fine, you will be better off for it.

By: Rambling But Not Quite Random Thoughts |WillDuWeb Multi Purpose Blog N Such

Rambling But Not Quite Random Thoughts |WillDuWeb Multi Purpose Blog N Such — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:20:37 +0000

[…] came across a blog post today - Things I Wish I’d Known When I Was Younger. The point was this: if you had the opportunity, what would the present you tell the younger you? […]

By: Elly

Elly — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:38:32 +0000

I really liked your blog. It’s very useful, but presented in a light manner, so although you learn a lot you don’t get the feeling that you’re studying a textbook.

By: saurabh

saurabh — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:33:54 +0000

Your list seems designed to promote mediocrity and a lack of ambition.

By: Milander

Milander — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:03:06 +0000

Rule 1 - You’re not as important as you think you are

Rule 2 - you’ll be saying “want fries with that?” until yo’re 50 unless you get a good education

Rule 3 - Sex is not as much fun as the media would have you believe :p

By: Weldon's Info Kiosk

Weldon's Info Kiosk — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:01:39 +0000

Some Things You Wish You’d Known When You Were Younger…

While nothing can actually beat personal experience, life is really too short to reinvent wheels half the time. This applies to technical and professional issues as much as it does in the personal development field.
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By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:24:28 +0000

One thing and one thing only.

Its just a rash, you didn’t get an STD from making out in 8th grade.

By: Melissa Backman

Melissa Backman — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:45:27 +0000

I just stumbled on your blog. It’s wonderful! This particular question was a lot harder to answer than I thought it would be. I mean, how many times have we said, “If I’d have known then what I know now…”? Anyway, here’s what I would tell me. I’m glad I thought about it and wrote it down because, in a way, I did tell that part of me that needed to hear it.

1. No matter what happens to you, you will always be worthy of better things.
2. The person you think you are, is not who you are destined to be. Allow yourself to grow, to expand, to evolve, to spread your wings and fly.
3. Don’t ever be ashamed of the person you think others want you to be. Be who you are and know that you’re extraordinary.
4. Write. Constantly.
5. Remember those fantasies and dreams of the “perfect man” and the “perfect relationship? It’s not an illusion nor is it something you are simply allowing your mind to entertain you with. Fairytales exist… keep believing.
6. Family, true family, is not a thing you are born into. It is the people that you surround yourself with. People who love the real you, faults and all. People that accept you and care for you when you cannot accept or care for yourself.
7. Go to college!
8. I’m proud of you. Thank you for allowing me to be who I am today.

By: Bees

Bees — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:56:47 +0000

Life is not meant to be hard? No one alive expects nearly as much from you as you do? Even though I have been around for a while, these are new to me (have to smile).

However, very interesting thoughts and I certainly have to think about it… On first glance it sounds very positive and might give one some new insights into being…

By: Little guy

Little guy — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:24:46 +0000

You make some good points except i disagree with the first. Nietzsche said that true happiness comes from extreme hardships. (I’m paraphrasing)… Think of how great you feel after studying hard for a test or writing a paper and the moment it is completed, or yurning for that man/women for days, weeks or months and then finally going out on a date with them.
NOTE… of course Nietzsche died in an insane asylum and suffered from deep depression…