If you could go back in time, what would you do differently?

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Of course, one always looks back at things and says to himself that he could have done this or that. What do you hope you had not done if you were able to turn back the time? In such case, would you have chosen a different career, spent more time with your families or made different decisions?

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I wouldn't do anything differently. I believe people need to accept whatever they have done. However, for the future I would apply some life lessons I have learned. For one thing, I would be more self reliant because I had gotten too comfortable in my youth. The reason for that was because I came from this military family and my dad had spoiled us rotten. I can't blame him, though, cause he believed that's what a man was supposed to do. Well, he always had a comfortable place for me to live even if I fell on my face in other places, so I would always just come back.

Now, another big mistake was pursuing higher education while neglecting just going to work, even if doing fast food. Well, it boils down again to the comfortable life my father created for our family and even my mom had gotten spoiled.

I had the wrong direction in my youth and I wouldn't listen to advice, mainly due to pride, and I also had a disability so my family over-protected me.

Now, I did make a bold move in my 20s and taught English in South Korea, but the problem was that the schools paid the rent and utilities and the salary was high there, considering the hidden stuff, so I still didn't learn responsibility, so it continued the spoiled situation. Also, there was nothing clear on what I was supposed to do so my teaching was mostly a failure with a few classes and schools being a success.
 
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I have so many series of experiences, some that I will say that I regretted doing while some are the lesson I keep on forging ahead.

Even if I turn back the time, I will never go back. I believe the experiences are all lesson and teachers to me. I stopped regretting about the past and eager to see what the future holds.
 
Yes, I’ve made my fair share of mistakes in life but now I believe that whatever happened in life made me the person that I am now. If I could go back in time, I think that would probably choose to be even bolder. Though I believe that people should not regret their pasts and try to focus on whole future.
 
Yes, I’ve made my fair share of mistakes in life but now I believe that whatever happened in life made me the person that I am now. If I could go back in time, I think that would probably choose to be even bolder. Though I believe that people should not regret their pasts and try to focus on whole future.
You dont think u should regret your past if it was a bad mistake.?
 
I would likely have joined the air force instead of the army if i could do it all again. Various reasons for this but i think i would have enjoyed air force more.
 
What I would do differently today is that I would have tried harder to move into the music industry. In my youthful age, I was a little dumb. I used to jam on different instruments, write songs for fun, but never contemplated music as a profession. If I could do it over again I would work harder at perfecting my skill as a writer and see where the opportunities were.