If you were a teenager again what advice would you give yourself?

freshpopcorn

I saw a school do this the 6th years said what advice they'd give there first years selves if they got the chance to start all over again.
I'd tell myself to
Do different subjects.
Switch schools.
Stop doing some things to keep other people happy.
Not take every teacher as seriously as I did.
Not to rush into a college course.
Choose friends a tad more carefully.
Try and get a job sooner.
To relax a more.


If you were a teenager again what advice would you give yourself?

The class captain wants to see you completely fu<ked up and has no respect for you in fact he tells you in later yeArs he would never let into his own house.

Arghus

Don't be so self conscious. Work harder.

Don't invest as much in the opinion of others. Trust your own judgement more.

FFred

Keep pressuring my mother for that fcuking confirmation money back.

Dr Turk Turkelton

Plough more.

Benicetomonty

Get confident, stupid.

banie01

Buy bitcoins!

vriesmays

Save 3 grand a year for a decade and invest in some high-interest account. Leave there for 40 years.

JohnnyFlash

Don’t waste time with the PhD. Money doesn’t buy you happiness, but it certainly helps.

aaqil jettson

banie01 wrote: »

Buy bitcoins!

sell bitcoins

source

Ask the girl out, don't wait to find out almost 2 decades later that she also liked you

The Tetrarch

6th years would not have much experience.

fmpisces

Relax girl, it'll all work out the way it's meant to. Don't be so shy but don't lose yourself either. Go straight into special ed., forget college, forget leaving the country. Everything you need is right here.

Wanderer78

Get help, and don't be afraid to ask for help

AssaultedPeanut

Deal with the low self esteem, it'll be the cause of some seriously stupid decisions later on :-|

Mam of 4

Do not let anyone rob you of your confidence , your sense of self worth.
Believe you are worth all that and more , because you are .

FFred

AssaultedPeanut wrote: »

Deal with the low self esteem, it'll be the cause of some seriously stupid decisions later on :-|

Mam of 4 wrote: »

Do not let anyone rob you of your confidence , your sense of self worth.
Believe you are worth all that and more , because you are .

Ditto. Times 1000000.

Beasty

Grow up!

Mam of 4

FFred wrote: »

Ditto. Times 1000000.

It can take a lifetime to regain your confidence , if ever , a daily battle . It's one of the things I tried to instill in my kids , to believe in themselves , no matter what they chose to do in life , to be true to who they are and not let anyone take that from them .

Sometimes it's easier to say to others than apply to ourselves

Say Your Number

Don't piss away your life talking sh1te on Boards.ie.

Leg End Reject

Everyone else is as lost and insecure as you are, so go with your gut not the crowd.

is_that_so

Hit the road and don't keep dreaming about it!

ILoveYourVibes

Nothing I would just listen.

Sorry about that

You were right; adulthood is better than this.

Gwildor

Buy a sh1t ton of shares in Apple. Middle aged you will thank you for it.

Black Swan

Chill

branie2

cut down on the W*****g

never_mind

TBH, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart... I'd have started listening to Mariah a long time before Butterfly (1997). What a beautiful soul and singer.

EmmetSpiceland

Never, ever, trust a fart in bed.

I’m still not one to listen to my own “advice” so it probably wouldn’t have mattered, I’ve played that “roulette” since but never when the stakes were so high.

But, if I had listened, I wouldn’t have “blown it” with this hot girl I’d fancied all through college. Halfway through our final year we finally “clicked” and one thing lead to another and we ended up in the “sack” together.

All was going “swimming”, clothes off, getting good and close when suddenly I felt a bubbly “sensation”, figured it was a “run of the mill” job. Oh, how wrong I was.

As soon as I relaxed to let it out I knew. I tried to “clam” up but the damage was done. My whole body went stiff as board, I got up and run into the jacks. I had a whole story ready to explain that I had to “break wind” but was embarrassed to do it in front of her but my plan was foiled by the fact that the blast had gone “beyond the cheeks” and, in my haste, I’d smeared a small, yet noticeable, trail on the bed sheets so the “jig” was up.

She got up and left straight away. Obviously, I apologised profusely but she wasn’t for turning. Couldn’t blame her in fairness but I was fairly “well oiled”.

Anyway, saw her not too long ago. The attraction was, certainly, gone. She’s married with a couple of kids and, while there was still a “tinkle” in her eye, she now, sort of, resembled a “weeble”. Still though, that night, it’s one of those scenarios that runs through my head about twice a month and causes me no end of embarrassment.

JupiterKid

Trust your own instincts...they are usually right.
Don't try to please other people to seek approval.
The bullying will stop, you will get loads of really genuine friends in college who will stay loyal to you.
You will learn to accept being gay and stop hiding your true sexuality ... it will get better. Much better.

You will never fully get over Mum's shocking and sudden death but you will cope, you will manage and you will emerge a stronger person.

You will eventually learn to accept yourself for who you are. You are a good, kind, intelligent person with a lot to give.

honeybear

It’s okay to say no

Esse85

branie2 wrote: »

cut down on the W*****g

Why, have you gone blind?

IAMAMORON

Nothing , I probably wouldn't listen anyway.

Peatys

freshpopcorn wrote: »

If you were a teenager again what advice would you give yourself?

Most people are two faced *****. Threat them as such.

circadian

Keep going you're doing grand.

Here's a few shags you shouldn't miss out on.

And yer wan is a total melt, cut her lose because she'll just cheat on you later anyways.

Everything else is great, maybe lay off the booze and weed a wee bit but you'll get to where you want to be.

Sharp MZ700

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Never, ever, trust a fart in bed.

I’m still not one to listen to my own “advice” so it probably wouldn’t have mattered, I’ve played that “roulette” since but never when the stakes were so high.

But, if I had listened, I wouldn’t have “blown it” with this hot girl I’d fancied all through college. Halfway through our final year we finally “clicked” and one thing lead to another and we ended up in the “sack” together.

All was going “swimming”, clothes off, getting good and close when suddenly I felt a bubbly “sensation”, figured it was a “run of the mill” job. Oh, how wrong I was.

As soon as I relaxed to let it out I knew. I tried to “clam” up but the damage was done. My whole body went stiff as board, I got up and run into the jacks. I had a whole story ready to explain that I had to “break wind” but was embarrassed to do it in front of her but my plan was foiled by the fact that the blast had gone “beyond the cheeks” and, in my haste, I’d smeared a small, yet noticeable, trail on the bed sheets so the “jig” was up.

She got up and left straight away. Obviously, I apologised profusely but she wasn’t for turning. Couldn’t blame her in fairness but I was fairly “well oiled”.

Anyway, saw her not too long ago. The attraction was, certainly, gone. She’s married with a couple of kids and, while there was still a “tinkle” in her eye, she now, sort of, resembled a “weeble”. Still though, that night, it’s one of those scenarios that runs through my head about twice a month and causes me no end of embarrassment.

Tragic and all as that is Emmet don't ever be embarrassed by the smudgehole acting up involuntarily! Was it a good'un?

LirW

When I was 14 I had this big dream of going to fashion school the following year. There was one in my town.
My grandfather, not a nice man by any means for the most part offered to pay for boarding at the top class fashion college close to the capital which would have required me to love cross country at 15. Being the moody teenage idiot I was I declined.
I regret saying no to this day, I know now that I would've thrived being away from home and a quite toxic family.

biko

"Keep doing what you're doing, you'll be fine"

Still waters

Stop being so fcukin nice, it carried on into later life and being too nice in business only makes you poor and tired, some nice is ok, but being a cnut is better for you if judging by others is anything to go by

Tell me how

Keep playing some sort of team sport for as long as you can.
Get tenants in to your house with you rather than living there on your own.
Start every job with a plan to not stay there longer than 5 years.

griffin100

Don’t get into a long term relationship at 18 and never ever turn down a sure thing, you’ll be old and repulsive to women for most of your life.

Bredabe

Di-spite what they say and do, its NOT you who is stupid,
never ever pay a therapist who makes little of your fears and ideas's, actually dont talk to therapists at all, they dont have a clue what you've been through.

You are farrrrrrrrrrrrrr emotionally stronger that you think.

You did a great job of avoiding the abusers there were everywhere when you were small, go with those feelings in the future, your are bang on about Charley H

Finally, stop making a tit of yourself for that guy, he'll never love you the way you love him, but true love and better friends are ahead.
Watch out for women, but embrace your interest in women's rights.

Gorteen

Relax. Everything will work out

EmmetSpiceland

Sharp MZ700 wrote: »

Tragic and all as that is Emmet don't ever be embarrassed by the smudgehole acting up involuntarily! Was it a good'un?

I’m not embarrassed by it, S, I’m mortified!!

It was silent and “wet”. And hot. You know yourself when it “happens”. A shot ran up my body and I sobered up instantly.

Certainly wasn’t a “good’un”, this was a first “date”, if you could call it that. The potential was huge. I drank too much mostly due to nerves. I view it as a stain on my college years. A brown stain.

d8491prj5boyvg

Stay away from yourself. No, seriously. Myself and the bachelor (i live with a randy bachelor) do have these conversations the whole time. When i was a gosson he'd tell me to go easy on myself but I didn't listen. Too many videos of bibi around the house.

So, I'd listen to the bachelor. Go easy on yourself.

touts

I'd say nothing. Absolutely nothing. I'm happy where I am. Yes I'd prefer a better job but if I took a different course in college or opted for a different career path or took that overseas job offer or changed any number of other decisions I wouldn't have been in that spot on the street on my way from work when a girl I sort of knew passed by and we stopped for a chat. 17 years later we're happily married and have a great family. I'd kill anyone who tried to take that from me so there is no chance I'd give the teenage me any advice that might put me in a different spot on the street that day.

OneArt

"**** worrying about degrees and certificates and learn how to program, do as many online/technical digital marketing courses and start your own projects. Get a any old job, save money and move to Germany as soon as possible."

megaten

You might as well try and fail at something you find interesting instead of failing at something you don't.

Feisar

Just not to sweat the small stuff.

Oh and bang that Finnish blonde bombshell as yer GF is cheating on you.

I'd tell 15 year old me to meet Sarah. To this day I haven't met a person, fella or wan, that I got on better with. I was too busy chasing wans that had not the remotest of interest in me.