Give advice to your former self, what would it be?

[bivonic]

\"If you could send one message to yourself at age 12 from yourself today, what would it be?\"

Try to stay away from the lottery number and stock purchase ideas or other \"investment\" areas, those are too obvious.

With some of the characters on this board, there should be some interesting responses.

[Blackwidow_Woman]

To be a better person- not be bad... /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif crap at age 12 i was really bad... LOL!!!

[bundyburger]

Give my self pheromones at age 12. /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif

....while still in High school I\'d start a web site. Called....Love-Scent and sell phermones through it.

I\'d also tell my self to get on the Net and invent the World Wide Web, Start up a few ISPs and an online book shop.

Of course I would also tell myself to sell my company around the year 2000! /ubbthreads/images/icons/laugh.gif

But on a personal level. I\'d also tell myself everything I know so far about women. ....and to work harder at school. (and to compensate by playing even harder too!) /ubbthreads/images/icons/laugh.gif

[bivonic]

Choose your friends, don\'t let them choose you.
Don\'t go into business with your friends.
Go to the gym as young as possible & run cross-country / track instead of playing competitive contact/sports.

[Sexyredhead]

Why run cross country instead of contact sports?

[bivonic]

Better long term affects on your weight, since when you train all you do is run all week. Contact sports focus more on skills & less on conditioning.

[Sexyredhead]

Lots of weight workouts in cross country too, along with the running. I gotta admit though, it does a body good. /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif

[bivonic]

Bundy I don\'t think pheromones were known in the 1900\'s /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif

[Gerund]

Not sure I\'d give my younger self too much advice, because I was given really good advice by others as I grew up.

Best wisdom I ever gained came when I was working summers as an orderly at a small hospital. As I worked geriatrics, I wanted something I could always use as a topic of conversation with the older people. Most of them had war stories, but that got kind of old after a while. So I took to asking all my elderly patients the following question:

\"What would you do differently, if you could go back and do it over again?\"

Almost all replied along the lines of: \"I wouldn\'t play it so safe,\" or \"I would have taken more risks.\" They said this in reference to many aspects of life: \"I would have asked that one girl out\"; \"I would have quit that one job a lot sooner\"; \"I would have dumped that lousy husband/wife at the 3rd sign of trouble;\" \"I would have tried going into business for myself,\" etc. etc. You get the idea. Not foolish risks, just rational choices.

Well, even in my foolish youth, I figured 200 old farts can\'t be wrong. So I\'ve tried to incorporate that wisdom into my life to the degree possible, and am glad that I did. Each of us is more able than we think.

[bundyburger]

<< Bundy I don\'t think pheromones were known in the 1900\'s >>

Exactly! /ubbthreads/images/icons/wink.gif

[druid]

i say put the fcking nintendo games away and try to met some girls and work on social skills, you lonely jerk-off! or you will grow up to be a big lonely jerk-off!!

[Briela]

>>Contact sports focus more on skills & less on conditioning.<<

Depends on what type of \"contact sport\" you\'re referring to... I know at least one that focuses on both. /ubbthreads/images/icons/wink.gif

[Briela]

1) Cherish those around you. They\'ll be gone all too soon.

2) Laugh, no matter what.

3) Live for today and don\'t worry about tommorrow. Tommorrow will take care of itself!

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Don\'t ever get married. Actually, my mother told me this. I just didn\'t listen. I do wish I had.

[Briela]

The trouble with some women is they get all excited about nothing, and then they marry him. - Cher

lol /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Perfect.

[tallmacky]

That\'s easy.

Hey man, stop being so shy, reclusive, passive ,and letting people ride all over you. If somone insults you punch the [bad word] out of their face, instead of laughing it off, you are obviously big and tough enough nothing sadder then seeing a big wuss.

Second stop wacking off so damn much sure going to places is not as fun as it seems but with connections you can have a much easier life. ps get some action.

[tallmacky]

bad marriage? how did it melt down FTR if you don\'t mind me asking.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

It\'s not worth talking about.

[tallmacky]

you go girl!

we are but shadows and dust. I think that relates to it,

[Bruce]

By the time I was 12 I was already in pretty good company. I wish I could have been there for myself when I was in elementary school. I was hanging out with kids in my immediate neighborhood who were very screwed up. It was awful really. I wish somebody would have seen that happening and gotten me into some club activities to take up the after school hours.
Bruce

[Sexyredhead]

When I was 12 I moved across the country. I would tell myself I would really love it, and not to be so worried. I\'d also tell myself to think about very hard about myself and what would be best for me when making decisions, and not necessarily go along with the crowd. Also, don\'t sleep with that guy at 17--you\'ll get into all kinds of crap later on because of it.
Thirdly, I\'d tell myself I look GREAT, and will continue to look better as I get older. I know that sounds conceited, but I look back at pics of me in school, and I can\'t see how in the world I didn\'t think I was hot. Remember how your mom always told you you\'d look back in 10 years and be surprised at how good you looked? Well, it\'s true. lol

[Elana]

I wouldn\'t have spent so much time at Druid\'s house playing Nintendo with him. /ubbthreads/images/icons/tongue.gif

[EXIT63]

I wouldn\'t have tortured so many squirrels!

[EXIT63]

That\'s a joke.

[Elana]

/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif Exit- Nothing you say could ever shock me /ubbthreads/images/icons/laugh.gif

[Blackwidow_Woman]

Exit, back then i would have said you can come and torture some of this (_x_)...hehe!! sheesh, you could even do that now... LOL!!! /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif

[bivonic]

(_x_)

Nice emoticon!

What\'s the one for boobs?

[bivonic]

How about this:

( o Y o )

!!!

[Blackwidow_Woman]

/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!! /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif now all we need is this 8====> to go to this (^) and this (_x_) and those (o)(o) and then you will have the time of your life... hehehehehehehehe!!! /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif