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43. There are things I regret not doing but I'd be a different person

Thu Mar 7, 2013, 10:06 PM

Mar 2013

If I had made those choices. I could have gone to Europe for a semester my sophomore year of college - three months of structured study and a summer of traveling was the plan.

Maybe I shouldn't have dropped out any of the times I did - that would have changed my choices in majors and opened career paths.

I could have accepted the temporary position that could have been an opening to a ground breaking career.

I could have chosen not to marry - I'd never planned to but Mr. csziggy is an exceptional man. My life would have been much poorer and I would not have been as decent a person as I am. He makes me better.

Any of those choices would have turned me into a different person. I'm sure I would have had different regrets or considered the different paths not taken.

Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with the selections I made in my life.

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What is the one thing that you wished you would've done in your life? [View all] backtoblue Mar 2013 OP

Ummmm... How Sanitized should this be? Xyzse Mar 2013 #1

considering that one cannot change past reality, then you could use the term fantasy. backtoblue Mar 2013 #4

Well... Xyzse Mar 2013 #8

wish I'd written a book and actually had it published nt LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #2

that's a good one, what would you have written about? backtoblue Mar 2013 #5

I wrote a fantasy/fairytale for kids LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #9

maybe you can still self publish backtoblue Mar 2013 #12

"Gina Lollobrigida" is what Corrado Erico 'Uncle Junior' Soprano would say. AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #3

funny handmade34 Mar 2013 #27

I wish I had learned to play the violin... Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #6

Taken a semester or two to study abroad in college cyberswede Mar 2013 #7

Thru-Hike the Appalachian Trail Earth_First Mar 2013 #10

Now that's an adventure! backtoblue Mar 2013 #13

Hey Earth... handmade34 Mar 2013 #26

Best of luck to you! Earth_First Mar 2013 #32

go to handmade34 Mar 2013 #33

A neighbor hiked it in segments - finished at 80! csziggy Mar 2013 #42

Purchased gold Helen Reddy Mar 2013 #11

Other than making love to Goldie Hawn, probably parachuting. talkingmime Mar 2013 #14

The ultimate... pipi_k Mar 2013 #15

You might not have liked 5th grade HoneychildMooseMoss Mar 2013 #50

You could be right... pipi_k Mar 2013 #60

Neither was that teacher HoneychildMooseMoss Mar 2013 #61

It's way too late now, and the time has passed... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #16

i bet you could make an awesome poem about that though! backtoblue Mar 2013 #17

Hey, that's pretty good, my dear backtoblue! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #23

I missed out on some adventures too SwissTony Mar 2013 #28

Unfortunately, too many things. Too hard to single out 'The One Thing' chemenger Mar 2013 #18

I've actually done just about everything that I would have liked to have done Victor_c3 Mar 2013 #19

Gone to college/'university ConcernedCanuk Mar 2013 #20

Dirt under my nails to this day Buffalo Bull Mar 2013 #35

Married a rich man. RebelOne Mar 2013 #21

Taken that University job they'd offered as a one-year contract with possibility of extension TrogL Mar 2013 #22

Say no to that first drink of booze... WCGreen Mar 2013 #24

picked a different mother... handmade34 Mar 2013 #25

Spent less time online LeftInTX Mar 2013 #29

A road less traveled Buffalo Bull Mar 2013 #30

one thing that you wished you would've done in your life Flashmann Mar 2013 #31

Moved to a cold area/state... Phentex Mar 2013 #34

Funny you should ask HeiressofBickworth Mar 2013 #36

Not having gone to law school and continuing as a musician instead aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2013 #37

My main regret so far is being so shy in high school. Jamaal510 Mar 2013 #38

I wish I'd posted a Lounge-type thread to Meta before it disappeared kentauros Mar 2013 #39

Bravo. Arugula Latte Mar 2013 #40

I would have gone to university instead of a business school. Still Blue in PDX Mar 2013 #41

There are things I regret not doing but I'd be a different person csziggy Mar 2013 #43

I would have been outspoken at an early age Generic Brad Mar 2013 #44

Posted in Meta? GoneOffShore Mar 2013 #45

when the hell did meta disappear???????????? backtoblue Mar 2013 #55

nevermind, got it lol backtoblue Mar 2013 #57

Avoided Jaegermeister Throd Mar 2013 #46

Once, Ma'am, I Should Have Waited About Twenty More Minutes For A Telephone Call.... The Magistrate Mar 2013 #47

Studied harder and partied less in college. femmocrat Mar 2013 #48

The things I didn't say -- Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #49

Roller derby. murielm99 Mar 2013 #51

If you can't physically do it any more, kentauros Mar 2013 #56

Thanks. murielm99 Mar 2013 #58

I think it would be hard to learn to play an instrument while backpacking. harmonicon Mar 2013 #52

Graduate school. bluedigger Mar 2013 #53

Taken my HS German teacher's advice & gone into the military.... Myrina Mar 2013 #54

Stayed in school and studied sports medicine. Bertha Venation Mar 2013 #59

Found true love, gotten a successful job RFKHumphreyObama Mar 2013 #62

I plan on doing six months at and around Shaolin Temple in Henan, China to practice martial arts. Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #63

Been jailed for being a threat to the powers-that-be. Ken Burch Mar 2013 #64