Where did you go wrong?

[caty]

They say hind sight is 20/20. When I look back on my life, I wish I had taken my education more seriously. My college boyfriend was killed in a car accident close to the end of my second year in college. I wanted to be a remedial reading teacher. I was so destroyed by his death that I quit and took an associates degree. I wish now that I had been strong enough to continue.

What decision do you regret that you think could have made your life different of better?

[demnan]

1. Go back and get more education

I know it's tough while you have to work full time but I went back and took training in programming and computers and it helped me find a higher paying job. So go ahead you can do it!

[caty]

6. I did that.

I went back two years ago. But, it would have been a lot easier and more beneficial if I had just stayed in college when I was a lot younger.

[Deja Q]

2. I wish

I had the guts to fight back the bullies and the taunting. Give them the black eyes, the misery, the rejection. Make them the pathetic ones.

I hadn't used a single credit card or get caught up in our "things are better than people" excuse of a society.

In the end, none of it matters. We have to deal with NOW and soon. I think we are ALL beyond recrimination anyway.

[caty]

7. All the bullies

I've known ended up living miserable lives.-- Divorces, assault charges, etc. What goes around comes around.

I don't see "looking back" as recrimination. But, it's helps us make better decisions now and in the future.

[DS1]

3. That left turn at Albuquerque

[Mutley]

4. I screwed around in school.

I started out fine during my first year. Then after that I started messing around with things that I shouldn't have messed around with and ended up dropping out. I tried to go back several times and only ended up taking a class here and there. I finally went back full time this past January. If I had just done what I was supposed to do in the first place I would have graduated nearly three years ago.

[In_The_Wind]

5. here's an example of my first mistake

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=3762121#3763281

[leftofthedial]

8. two bad decisions

1. a bad early career choice, trading my dreams for relationship, security and family

2. Deciding that my ex would be the stay-at-home parent and I would be the "breadwinner"