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re: If you could go back in time, what advice would you give to the 18 year old you?
Posted on 10/30/23 at 10:33 am to Purplehaze
Posted on 10/30/23 at 10:33 am to Purplehaze
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If you could go back in time, what advice would you give to the 18 year old you?
Doesn't matter, I wouldn't have listened to some old fart trying to tell me what's important in life.
Love ya dad. You were right.
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Posted on 10/30/23 at 10:35 am to Purplehaze
Don’t go into debt
Earn interest instead of paying interest
Don’t drink alcohol
Earn interest instead of paying interest
Don’t drink alcohol
Posted on 10/30/23 at 10:37 am to Purplehaze
every week,(startuing in 1977) buy 2 new hot wheels cars, and 2 vinyl lp'S.
Store them well. don't open them. Invest your money in those no matter what the experts say.
Just realized my street survivors album(s) are worth good money. (original release with concert schedules, pristine shape) I have 1/2 dozen "sweet 16" hotwheels that are worth hundreds each, and they are in poor condition or more.
"1969 Pink, Rear-Loading Beach Bomb - which is stated to be worth US$175,000 !"
Store them well. don't open them. Invest your money in those no matter what the experts say.
Just realized my street survivors album(s) are worth good money. (original release with concert schedules, pristine shape) I have 1/2 dozen "sweet 16" hotwheels that are worth hundreds each, and they are in poor condition or more.
"1969 Pink, Rear-Loading Beach Bomb - which is stated to be worth US$175,000 !"
Posted on 10/30/23 at 10:39 am to Purplehaze
Go into the medical field
Posted on 10/30/23 at 10:42 am to Purplehaze
This Eagles lyric is so strong - wish I would have listened to it in my younger years. But I am very happy & satisfied in my life today…..so maybe it’s for the better that I didn’t hear it earlier.
So often that it happens that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key.
So often that it happens that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 10:43 am to Purplehaze
1. Never buy a new car, always buy used for cheap
2. Go to college without debt
Still paying off both of those mistakes
2. Go to college without debt
Still paying off both of those mistakes
Posted on 10/30/23 at 10:43 am to Purplehaze
Don't marry future Ex Wife.
Don't buy new cars.
Don't vote Democrat. Ever.
Don't work in the public sector, specifically at colleges.
Don't buy new cars.
Don't vote Democrat. Ever.
Don't work in the public sector, specifically at colleges.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 10:43 am to Purplehaze
Aside from the obvious get rich choices....
* Spend more time with my parents, they were both gone way too early. Can't get that back.
* Spend more time with my brother, we grew apart in those early years after college and even though we're close, we missed out on spending some early adult experiences together. Can't get that back.
* Save more. While I didn't make a lot for quite a few years after college, I didn't save as much as I should have.
* Should have left my first career at least 5 years before I did. My second career is what will take care of me and my wife (no pictures) in retirement. If I'd done that, I'd be retiring within the next 2-3 years instead of the next 7-8 years.
* The obvious others, take better care of my health, spend more time with friends/family/mentors that are not here any longer, more time in church and work harder in school.
* Spend more time with my parents, they were both gone way too early. Can't get that back.
* Spend more time with my brother, we grew apart in those early years after college and even though we're close, we missed out on spending some early adult experiences together. Can't get that back.
* Save more. While I didn't make a lot for quite a few years after college, I didn't save as much as I should have.
* Should have left my first career at least 5 years before I did. My second career is what will take care of me and my wife (no pictures) in retirement. If I'd done that, I'd be retiring within the next 2-3 years instead of the next 7-8 years.
* The obvious others, take better care of my health, spend more time with friends/family/mentors that are not here any longer, more time in church and work harder in school.
This post was edited on 10/30/23 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 10/30/23 at 10:46 am to Purplehaze
don't date that count in college you idiot
Posted on 10/30/23 at 10:54 am to FearTheFish
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quote:OysterPoBoyThis is a really odd manifesto that you've been writing over time.
Or he could have just copy and pasted song lyrics from a popular song from the late 90’s…
Posted on 10/30/23 at 10:56 am to TheFonz
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Invest in Amazon and Space X.
If I would have invested just $10,000 in Amazon stock in 1997, I'd have $16,000,000 today.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 10:57 am to Purplehaze
DONT MARRY THE FIRST WIFE!!
Posted on 10/30/23 at 11:15 am to Purplehaze
Don't waste half your life doing what's safe or let other people drag you down by always catering to what they expect of you. Trust yourself and make the leap. Don't let other people's self doubt stop you from fulfilling your potential.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 11:27 am to Purplehaze
It gets better, way better, but you have to want it and work for it.
I often wonder what my life would be like if I hadn't let 15 years of it disappear into depression and anxiety.
I often wonder what my life would be like if I hadn't let 15 years of it disappear into depression and anxiety.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 11:28 am to Purplehaze
Don’t take shite so seriously, lighten up and stop caring so damn much what people think.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 11:32 am to carhartt
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Don’t take shite so seriously, lighten up and stop caring so damn much what people think.
AMEN! Through about the age of 25 I was very unsure of myself and my place in the world. By the time I was 30 I couldn't care less what anyone outside of my wife, my dad or my son thought of me and it has been the best thing that ever happened to me. My son is in the same boat at 24 but shows signs of maturing past it. The next most liberating thing to happen to me is to get to a point in life where getting laid can happen or it can not happen and I am just as good either way. Being a slave to a hard on is rough but something most men do....
Posted on 10/30/23 at 11:36 am to Purplehaze
Buy up as much land in Frisco, TX...it might be a berry patch now...but trust me.
For the record I would NOT have listened.
For the record I would NOT have listened.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 11:37 am to Purplehaze
“ Listen 18 year old Pimp, I know you think you want to go into that homeless encampment and bludgeon to death those two guys who took a shite on your freshly manicured lawn, but in a year or two they are rolling out this DNA thing”…
Posted on 10/30/23 at 11:38 am to Purplehaze
Never turn down pussy [under 150lbs]
Posted on 10/30/23 at 11:38 am to Purplehaze
Take the opportunity to be a cop and not the oilfield job.
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