I wish I would have came out of the closet immediately instead of being in two marriages that really sucked because I was confused about what I wanted and I didn’t want to ostracize myself from my family and peers.
Fuck, that felt good to get out
Looked inward and truly considered how my words and actions affected others
I (emotionally) hurt someone I cared about deeply, and it has taken years of work and therapy to begin to move past it
Had more sex and opposed my parents making me do so much religious junk with my time.
Bought Apple and Microsoft stock.
Bought Bitcoin you mean?
I think you’re incorrectly assuming their age
And google
There was no Google when I was 18. Jesus if I had somehow been able to buy Microsoft and Apple … But at the time Apple wasn’t looking too good.
Google was very new when I was 18. The best time for me to buy apple was when I was 14. Something like $0.35 a share in the early-mid 90s.
Yeah, I should’ve thought to buy when the iMac came out. It was pretty clear they were on a good trajectory. I had money then too. Easy to say in hindsight though. Hell I should’ve bought some nVidia a year ago lol.
Transitioned
Same, I waited till I was 27, I’m happy I’m finally there, but it woulda been nice to start 10 years earlier, woulda been a lot better for me mentally especially.
I’m glad you figured yourself out. I waited until I was 22 to come out of the closet and until I was in my 30s to dress how I wanted (I didn’t transition, but I do identify as non-comforming and wear clothing that isn’t standard for my gender). It’s extremely comfortable being who you are.
Brought earplugs to the Slayer/Slipknot/Mastodon/MachineHead concert…
I don’t understand how people can go to music shows without ear plugs. I don’t even attend metal music, which seem to crank it up to the point of losing sound quality, just for the sake of “bad assery” I guess.
I feel bad for kids being brought to concerts without them, too.
haha only now am I learning to maybe throw some earpugls in every once in a while
That concert was so brutal in terms of sound level. I was in the pit and people were using cigarette filters as earplugs. That’s how loud it was. I’m pretty sure that’s why I have mild tinnitus now.
cigarette filters for earplugs is wild
That’s was all we had.
I went to a Death Grips concert (my first “real” concert) and got in super early, so I ended up in front leaning against the guard rails right in front of a speaker. I only had one ear plug because my friend lost his pair, and god damn the speakers felt like canons against my ears but I wasn’t about to move because I had a great spot with nobody in between me and MC Ride.
I ran into another friend of mine on my way out of the building, and my ears were so bad I couldn’t understand a word he said lol. Shit was wild, 10/10 would do it again
I wish I had a solid social network and gone straight to university. Your social network is a vital part of life. I was in an advanced K-12 primary school and wish I had been born to intelligent atheists who valued intelligence. I had teachers that all but wanted to fight my parents about how they neglected my potential, but I had no context to really understand what all that meant.
(1) work out, (2) ditch an extremely toxic relationship without ever looking back, (3) have more fun, (4) buy aapl.
Lost my virginity.
Being the (almost) 40 Year Old Virgin is not as great as they say it is.
Fuck it just get a hooker mate
To start taking care of my self. In all aspects.
The act of starting to love, appreciate and take care of oneself it’s a very powerful life changer that can save and avoid you a lot of problems. From physic and mental health, to social relationships and to career/work and much more.
I feel and think life is much more enjoyable if you lookout for yourself and for others.
Wish I had gotten diagnosed with adhd. Earlier would have been better, but really it was college and early 20s where it hurt me the most (ie the period of time where I no longer had my parents managing my calendar, and before my wife and I started divvying up personal and household tasks based on our strengths)
This hits hard. I was 29. My daughter was 3 and my god, I wish I was diagnosed earlier. After that it still took me several years to get a hold of my life.
Noticed how many people were interested in me. Could have had a lot more connections had I nurtured them when I had the chance. Now that i’m a grown ass man and it’s really kicking me in the ass just how hard it is to even meet people, nonetheless make a connection.
The only phone number I ended up getting was my manager (when I resigned) I didn’t even realize they liked me until years later and I’m not even entirely sure that the number is still theirs and even if it were they’ve long ago moved and it wouldn’t even be a good idea anyway.
Moral of the story if anyone gives you the time of day do the bare minimum of getting a contact so that you can catch up with them later.
Gave a shit about school. Instead I was way too worried about finding that one girl for me. Now I’m dumb, poor, and have the most wonderful wife in the world… after a few false starts.
I more wish others had done me at that age.
My drivers license. Now I’m 19 and still need to do it.
The sooner the better. I know people in their 30s at my work that can’t drive and just Uber to work every day. Don’t become that guy
I don’t have a driver’s license, but I have made lifestyle choices so I can walk, bike, and take transit to most of my destinations. There is the odd destination where I’ll use ride hailing, but I avoid it.
I would give anything to be able to ride my bike to work, but it’s just so dangerous where I live because of all the cars :(
Yeah, I was lucky enough to be in Portland already, so I was already in a decent position. From there, I needed to make housing choices that put me along bus lines and safe bike routes. That took some real planning and a price premium on our house. My takeaway was that I want everyone in the US to have this sort of transit/bike/pedestrian access, not just an upper middle class DINK couple (me).
I’m 24 and I still don’t have a driver’s licence. I mean, I don’t have a job to begin with, let alone a car.
I’m going to finish school soon and I want to drive a car when I have a job and can afford it. I’ve used public transportation for the past 3 years and will probably still use it in the future when it’s not too inconvenient but a 30 min drive to work taking 1 hour instead, where I spend 30 minutes just waiting, sucks. This weekend I drove to a friend. It would have taken 30 minutes by car but it took me 2 hours with public transport because I had to wait a total of 1 hour and 15 minutes. The issue isn’t public transportation itself but that the government was trying to save as much money as possible and it is getting better with the new government but there is still so much to do and it will take time.
