Things you know now you wish you could tell your younger self.
 

If you could magically go back in time and tell yourself some things which you've learnt as a result of growing up, what would they be?

DISCUSS

- Free education is awesome. Don't waste it.
- As bad as you think life is as a teenager, it's 100 times worse and more complicated as and adult, so get over it.
- Friends that don't respect you aren't your friends and you shouldn't put up with their shit.

do your homework, shithead

-Do your homework, shithead.
-Go to Columbus.
-Her mental status is crumbling just as rapidly as you are, and both of you are too blind to figure this out and will be for quite a long while. Chill out about it a few weeks, possibly months.*
-Do your homework, shithead.
-Demand a different doctor. You can tell that he's a total prick, but your justifications for ignoring this aren't as well-grounded as you think.
-Don't go to Columbus.

- Dodge this! *Fires gun*

Quit pining over her, she's on the other side of the country and is kind of a bitch anyway. Go with the other one.

-Free education is awesome. Don't waste it.
-Enjoy being a kid/teenager because being an adult sucks balls.
-Despite all the propaganda, children are horrible and will suck your life force away. Don't have one.
-Hot 17 year old girls enjoy hot tubs, not MST3K, you dweeb.

Hug your dad once in a while.

I'd say: Start playing hockey or something, work harder in school and learn how to fight, you no good pencilneck. Then i'd beat that little piece of shit up so he'd know what it's like in high school.

As tempting as it will be, do not live on microwaved ready-meals for your first year of university.

Learn how to stop procrastinating.

I still tell that to my current self but he won't listen :(

-Even though "Winston Smith" is a cool reference that will impress people, you really shouldn't get an I-Mockery account in the first place.

hit the therapist, you won't get another chance.

keep up the good work!

-enjoy your friends now, they're harder to make as an adult
-Just suck it up and go to school in GA, I don't care how much you hate your parents

just because she puts out, dosent mean you should move in with her....

All those drugs you're gonna do.... you are going to have a great time.

- Get to NY and see Joey Ramone while he's still alive :(

- Stop apologizing for everything.

- Don't get into a car with idiot #1.

- Don't let your mom say okay and then pressure you into it when idiot #2 asks you on a date.

- Don't waste time on idiot #3, he's a liar and a cheater.

- Strangle idiot #4 while you still can.

-Appreciate your great-grandmother and great-aunt while you can, because you'll miss them horribly when they're gone.

- You don't HAVE to get married, no matter what you think.

- You don't have to take as much shit as you think you do.

dont skip the third grade

- If you go in & watch that movie I'll shoot you in the face, your friends will think this is the coolest thing ever, but I'll claim my motivation was to cause a temperal paradox inorder to see what happens.

also i would tell past me about lottery numbers and to keep the money SECRET

Keep most people at a minimum of arm's length.

Fortunately, younger self listened.

- If you decide not to see the movie, then here are stock tips: Enron & Bear Stearns. Buy as many as you can.

- Drink and get high if you must, but for the love of Zeus, work hard in high school!
- Don't go to a college with all of your HS friends...it will set you up for 3 years of failure.
- when the "one" tells you to grow up and do something with your life, take her seriously.
- When a very hot coworker pulls you aside and tells you she wants a fuck buddy, don't say "that's nice" and walk away.
- Don't light that cigarette and don't ever ever ever lose your love of running.

- Stop fucking partying so much and take school seriously please :(
- YOU'RE GONNA QUIT SMOKING POT IN A FEW YEARS ANYWAY SO DON'T EVEN BOTHER STARTING
- Don't chew tobacco. Go straight to smoking it.
- Fuck the stupid, annoying, but hot girls! You don't have to see them after you're done :D
- Start slowly poisoning your enemies!

- If I don't shoot you then all that will happen is that everyone you know will regret not working harder in school. Yes, even you.