What in your life would you do differently given the chance

[eggbeater]

To go back and change it.

I would never have picked up the first smoke.

oh, and I never would purchase a chrysler/dodge product.

[Blue_In_AK]

1. I probably wouldn't have married my previous husband...

...the one with the temper.

[av8rdave]

23. Funny...I sometimes feel that way about my first wife, but...

then again, I wouldn't want my kids to be one bit different than who they are now.

[HereSince1628]

2. Keep my mouth shut.

But, I'd probably screw up the chance, again.

[Kutjara]

3. Arrange to be born into a different species...

...on a different planet...in a different galaxy.

[eggbeater]

4. I know what you mean

I would have loved to be a lion.
I understand they can have sex like 20 times a day, and with no job needed to support themselves,, they have the time to do it.
Nothing in that damn jungle better move while Im around.

[AIJ Alom]

12. Call me a lion then !!! HEHE >:D !

Too bad it's hard to find the time...man I miss those college days.

[lvx35]

5. NEVER would have picked up that first smoke!

Would have asked out Katie M. out in high school.
Would have taken up the chance to do highschool in a private school in europe.
Would have been kinder, more courageous, and more loving.

[eggbeater]

11. almost all you can fix now.

You can quit smoking.
You could ask Katie M out now, but depending on your and her marital status, this could lead to a serious health condition for you.

you can start being kider more courageous and more loving any time you chose to.

[MrCoffee]

6. I'm with you on the first smoke.

[katsy]

7. I would've paid closer attention...

to the world around me. Paid attention to politicians and elections and worked at a younger age to elect proggressive leaders.

Instead, I woke up in hell.

[Demeter]

8. I Would Have Liquidated Everything And Left the Country Before 2001

Bush destroyed me and too many of us.

[CTyankee]

9. Nothing. Every mistake led to personal growth

Sure, I regret many things, but as I grow older I realize that it's not the mistakes you make but what you make of the mistakes that matters.

[slackmaster]

10. Married the heavy-set girl I knew in high school

Maybe.

[AIJ Alom]

13. I would have moved to Florida and made sure 2000 election debacle

never happened and thus preventing 9/11, the Iraq war debacle, and a more urgent and thorough response to Katrina.

[halobeam]

14. Same on the smoking here.

[Warpy]

15. Probably gone to Al Anon meetings a little sooner

Living with an alcoholic is difficult for healthy people, and I have a stress related chronic illness. I might not be as sick now if I'd gotten my head straight a little earlier and left a lot earlier.

As for the rest, all the blunders that blew up in my face, all the poor choices I later had to correct, and the sheer nuttiness of my life have made me who I am today, and I'm one hell of an old broad.

I did pick up that first smoke. I also puked for three solid hours after the first drag. My body did not want me to smoke, and I respected that.

[Ezlivin]

16. I would have turned left instead of turning right at the stop sign

Then I wouldn't have been run off the road to hit a telephone pole and end up paralyzed for life.

I wouldn't have wasted three years and thousands of dollars to earn a useless Masters of Divinity degree from seminary.

I wouldn't have wasted 13 years and many thousands of dollars in fundamentalist churches.

[skygazer]

17. I would have stayed home that night in 1976

May 7th, 1976, to be exact. I would have stayed home instead of agreeing to babysit my nephew and I would have put my horse in the barn instead of letting him stay out in the pasture. That way, he wouldn't have broken the fence and gotten out, and he wouldn't have gone down to the main road at about midnight. Black horse on a black night. He wouldn't have gotten hit by that car and that bloodstain wouldn't have been there on the road, right where I stood to get the school bus. The stain that I saw every day after that. The stain I still see every time I drive by there.

That's what I would do differently.

[LiberalEsto]

18. I'd have worked much harder in college,

taken that nightside reporting job at a daily paper, and not married the first husband.

[William Bloode]

19. Honestly since you asked,

I woulda killed my father. It would have saved me a ton of heartache.

[Bonhomme Richard]

20. I don't think I would change anything.

I think all the decisions I have made in life, both good and bad, have all contributed to the place I'm in now. Whether it's smoking (maybe that person I had a chance to meet because we were both outside whatever grabbing a smoke), or that stupid comment, whatever. They all brought me to this place I call life now.
I wouldn't change a thing. I'm not that smart to know what to change that wouldn't adversely affect my life and those around me.

[LSK]

21. buy 100 shares of Yahoo in Apr 1996 and sell in Feb 99

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=YHOO&a=03&b=12&c=1996&d=08&e=25&f=1999&g=m

[ThomCat]

22. That's a long list.

There are so many things I could have/should have/would have done differently.
:(

[Haole Girl]

24. I wouldn't have gained so much weight

Stupid, stupid move on my part!

[Broken_Hero]

25. hmmm

nothing...as a previous smoker though, I don't regret smoking the first one, I appreciated it, I'm a big fan of experiencing things, smoking being a good experience, but horrible for health...:) BTW, 7 weeks smoke free today..:hi:

[MnFats]

26. wouldn't have wasted so much time. Done better in school.

stay the hell away from relationships with toxic women.

[speedoo]

27. I would not have partied my ass off in college.

I would not have spent so much time at the stupid frat house and spent far more time learning and hanging out in Boston.

And I would not have cancelled that date with Kirsten to see the Van Gogh exhibit at the last minute. Shit, it only took me six months to get that date with her. What the fuck was I thinking??

[trof]

28. I would have chosen my career 4 years earlier.

In our union's seniority system those 4 years meant:
1. I would be laid off 3 times for a total of almost 6 years.
2. I would never make captain with my airline.
3. My lifetime income, although pretty good, was about 1/2 to 1/3 of what it would have been.
4. Same for my pension.

But then...
I would never have met Miz t.
Or have the lovely daughter we do.
Or our grandson.

So I guess it all evens out?
;-)

[bikebloke]

29. Would never have moved to Seattle.

Or earlier, instead of hanging around Switzerland for a chica (dumb love shite), I'd have hitched to Berlin where another had invited me.

[cwydro]

30. I would have NEVER

had anything to do with my last "lover".

But I do love my Ram pickup..:)

[femmocrat]

31. I never would have come back to PA. n/t

[ikojo]

32. I would have gone to Barat College in

Lake Forest IL. Instead I listened to my mom, who NEVER went to college, and went to Western IL Univ in Macomb IL because one of the few friends I had was going there. There were FEW Jewish students and it was HUGE. I needed a small campus.

Oh if I could do it again. I'd probably not live in St Louis had I gone to college in the Chicago suburbs. All I knew is that I wanted OUT of Springfield IL as badly as Luke wanted off Tattooine.

[Mojambo]

33. I never would have started taking Paxil

Nearly 4 years later my life still isn't the same.

I can't blame it all on the Paxil, but it was the dividing line.

[bicentennial_baby]

43. Hate Paxil....

Yuck....I hated it, quit it quick...Bad for me... :hug:

[LeftyMom]

34. I'm happy with where I am, so I wouldn't change anything.

There are some things in my life I wouldn't want to do over again, but I don't look back on any of them with regret.

[cobalt1999]

35. I would have put the drain plug in the boat before launching...

that was expensive and embarrassing.

[dorktv]

36. I would have started on my political career (making the connections)

at 18 instead of at 23.

And never dated Keith.

[leftofthedial]

37. I'd have divorced ten years earlier

instead of trying single-handedly to hold the family together.

Of course, hindsight is 20-20.

[Xipe Totec]

38. I would learn to live with my mistakes,

and I would never look back with regret.

[NC_Nurse]

39. I would've gone to med

school instead of nursing school. Better money, less physical work.

[SacredCow]

40. A few things to change....

Never would have married the ex (but have to caveat this for my son- I'd marry the hellcat a billion times for him)
Would have spent more time chasing dreams than money
Would have been more honest with myself about who I truly am

[datasuspect]

41. i would never have done hard drugs

or ever drank alcohol.

[sandnsea]

42. Bought Microsoft in 1986

When I first saw Windows.

[devilgrrl]

44. Been born to a loving couple...

bet it would have made all the difference in the world.

Oh well, I did okay.

:shrug:

[ChoralScholar]

45. I would have finished college the first time...

instead of wasting two years working in corporate America.

[pitohui]

46. my answer is always the same

sorry, mom and dad, but where i went wrong was in picking parents without money

[PassingFair]

47. I shouda, coulda, woulda stayed in college.

Insteada gettin a job and droppin out after 2 years.

Times were tough. I needed the money.

I don't regret anything else.

[swag]

48. I would have given up the Lord at a much earlier age.