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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?

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[Deleted User]

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.

[Deleted User]

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.

[Deleted User]

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.