What advice would you give to you?

fireblade1

i would go back to my 15yr old self and suggest (cos i dont deal well with people telling me what to do !)

- dont give up all sports because you will regret it
- brush your teeth and stop sucking your thumb
- study more because this degree really isnt worth a ****
- save money you could have a motorbike now
- travel as much as possible
- stop caring what people from home think because it will not matter
- dont care about JK or OF cos they will mess with you severely
- act sooner re: my mum it will only get worse!
- no matter what have no regrets because they only slow you down

i think thats it!

Pherekydes

Hey, never said what I'd say to myself at the start of this thread:

"Don't get involved with that M_________ N_____ woman/girl. She's going to leave you with 2 kids."

If the younger me was 13, then, "Start training now! You could make the Olympics in 1980. There'll be a big boycott and you could win an easy medal!"

"Don't join the Air Corps! Run your arse off and get a scholarship to a big university in the States."

"Study hard and take Maths in Uni. You have the ability and you may as well get your degree when you're 23, rather than 46. And do a Masters'."

Sad Professor

Great thread, pighead.

I really do value most of my experiences and mistakes so there's nothing I'd really want to change but I'd tell a younger me:

* Just be yourself and to hell with everyone else
* Read more
* Write more
* Just talk to her ffs, she won't bite!
* Learn to be more independent

Exit

Slow coach wrote:

Hey, never said what I'd say to myself at the start of this thread:

"Don't get involved with that M_________ N_____ woman/girl. She's going to leave you with 2 kids."

You don't love your kids?

BrokenArrows

Id tell myself when i was about 12 or so. To walk to the right of the group of people not left. Would have saved myself alot of hassle. Fight broke out etc etc.

Pherekydes

Exit wrote:

You don't love your kids?

Maybe I should have left it at, "She's going to leave you..."

Rb

I'd probably just go back to 16 year old me and tell me:

-Put some effort into the leaving cert, you'll do better and get the course you
actually want. Don't waste the 6 months coming up to your leaving hanging around with the lads all day every day, get the head down, you'll be better off for it.

-Stop going after girls with boyfriends, you'll end up in heaps of unnecessary trouble over it if you don't.

-Actually let yourself get involved more seriously in your relationships, it'll make things a lot easier to deal with in a few years if you've experience in dealing with the emotions and other baggage that comes with these relationships that you're currently preventing yourself from experiencing.

-Quit smoking NOW, it'll be a lot harder in a few years and you'll save a ton by quitting.

-Don't get involved with MD, she'll 'cause you far too much hassle and she ends up exactly where you think she will.

-Go with your gut instinct, it'll turn out to be right in almost every case your confronted with and you'll be better off for it. Don't overthink things.

-Take out a loan to invest an extra few thousand in that company! Their shares will quadruple!

-Take every opportunity that presents itself to you, "If I do x then I won't be able to do y/go to z with my friends /as much" is not a reason for letting these opportunities slide, you'll have years to socialise with these people but these opportunities won't be here forever.

-Be a little more self-centered, do whats best for you.

Think thats about it...

Oh how I wish I knew back then what I know now! Ah well, lifes too short to regret or focus on the past and I wouldn't be who I am now had it not been for certain events in the past and the people who've entered my life along the way.

scojones

I'd tell myself not to go all in pre flop with AQ of diamonds in the Vic on 14th Dec 2006!

Bicky

Dont bother kid.

Kingp35

I would go back to the 16 year old me and tell myself not to quit the Dublin team just because your manager is a total asshole. I was a brilliant young GAA player and Soccer player but I quit sports over one stupid asshole and now its too late to get anywhere because im 22.

Also I would tell myself to wake up the fact that religion is a load of absolute rubbish.

Pighead

Kingp35 wrote:

I would go back to the 16 year old me and tell myself not to quit the Dublin team just because your manager is a total asshole. I was a brilliant young GAA player and Soccer player but I quit sports over one stupid asshole and now its too late to get anywhere because im 22.

Brilliant and Modest! Maybe your manager got sick of your inflated head and your ego which was spiralling out of control. Demanding your personal dressing room turned out to be the final straw. Shame on you Kingp35. There's nothing cool about a prima donna

Kernel

Pighead wrote:

Brilliant and Modest!

I'd tell myself to never work with Pighead, and never ask Pighead's sister out for a kebab at 4am...


... coz that only leads to hot sex.

Pherekydes

Slow coach wrote:

"Don't get involved with that M_________ N_____ woman/girl. She's going to leave you with 2 kids."

25th wedding anniversary today! What a waste of 10 years that was.

Seaneh

I'd sugest...

1:Don't play against sligo grammar seniors when you are 17 and in 5th year, conor o'gorman is going to tackle you from the side and hurt your knee, then that little bollox of a scrum half will see you limping and tackle you low 5 times in 20 mins, hitting your knee each time and then drive his heal intpo the back of your knee in the middle of a rook and rip the thing assunder.

2:stay away from AM, you know who she is, and no matter how big they are, don't fall for them, the girl is a spannar!

3: Don't take that job in the bar, it's 6th year ffs, you need to study!

4: DO NOT APPLY FOR A JOB IN THORNTONS, THE MAN IS A PSYCHO!

5: be more carefull who you fall in love with, SN ir going to move to sweeden just after you both finish 6th year, she's a great girl, just stay friends with her.

6: Read your damned bible, pray, don't stop going to church.

7: tell people you love that you love them, often and randomly, you never know when they will be gone!

8: Tell Nichola to always carry her tablets, inhaler and phone when you go for cycles, she needs them!

9: Do somethign that scares you everyday.

10: deck the ****er, don't just walk away, he'll only try **** you up later.

AngryBadger

Don't take everything so seriously all the time

John Mason

1. Study and dont do that stupid course wasting two years of your life

2. Dont buy that house, for god sake its a health hazzard

3. Stay in Australia

4. Never trust a man, when he says his secretary is a hairy dog and then starts working loads of overtime

5. Other then that you are going to do really really great, so dont worry

6. I might actually tell myself the Euromillions numbers as well

John Mason

oh and i forgot -


*** for god sake put down that bottle of Pernod.............its going to make you sick in your hair and you will spend the rest of your life being sick at the smell of it (and the same goes for southern comfort)

Caliden

Don't throw the beach ball on the bus.
Don't buy dutch gold at witness.
Never go to a nightclub in Tuam.
And never ever buy world of warcraft.

If only...

- Stick at the hurling......it'll get you more healthy / chicks / and job opportunities than you can shake a stick* at.

- All those pricks in your class?.......All gonna be dead, in jail, junkies or nobodies in 5 years time.

- Don't do transition year!!!

- All those crappy adidas tracksuit tops / duffel coats etc. that you hate? They're gonna be unbelievably fashionable in about 15 years. Likewise with your He-Man toys.

- Don't start smoking cigarettes. Smoke a pipe instead. Only put stuff in it that comes from Amsterdam.

- Stella Artois > Dutch Gold > Tuborg. That's all you'll ever need to know on that front.

- Forget Man Utd., start following Shels a bit earlier.


*Hurley

admiralofthefleet

i would go back to when i was 16 and say 'gareth, dont dump sarah, you will regret to the day that you post about it on boards, and beyond, and stop smoking'

InFront

I actually can't think of anything I regret at the minute. I think that in general that is a very bad thing.

Edit: just thought of one. I would have told my 15 year old self not to have been afriad of being a nerd when I was in school. Someone called me a nerd last week (very jokingly) and I just laughed about it, the word means nothing. When I was 15 that would have meant getting totally offended and then trying to prove otherwise.

flanger20002003

I'd tell my 13 year old self to take up piano as well as guitar, that way I might actually have some talent by the time I'm 19! Also, that job in the carpet shop aint worth it, you're doing long term spinal damage for a criminally low wage!

Pighead

Kernel wrote:

I'd tell myself to never work with Pighead, and never ask Pighead's sister out for a kebab at 4am...


... coz that only leads to hot sex.

Pigheads sister is 14 next week. Could one of the Admins sent this creeps IP Address to the relevant authorities.

BaZmO*

Wear sunscreen

Tar.Aldarion

Beware of hand-held blenders. I would shout it at myself for a long time.

:|

I'd go back to the start of the year and tell myself to pay attention in lectures because there is going to be exams soon....

Guess_Who

I'd go back a year and say

1) That guy you're about to meet is going to make going away really hard. Enjoy it while lasts but let go when the time comes.

2) Do not book your flight into Sydney

3) Do not sign a 6 month lease, regardless of what everyone is saying there are shorter leases available

4) Don't stand near the sink during a drunken argument the night of X's birthday.

5) Keep a better eye on your bag

tman

Don't waste your time stressing over women... whatever happens, happens.

CathyMoran

I would change the following:

1. Study for my leaving cert at 16-17.
2. Do not be swayed by my parents - do engineering (at 17).
3. Marry Shane at 24.
4. Have children at 26.
5. Eat more fruit and vegetables (to date).

Red Hand

Would have gone back to when I was 12 or 13 and told myself to go get a life.