If I Could Turn Back Time ♫

[Belldandy]

♫ ♫ If I could find a wayyyy ♫ ♫

That aside (admit it, you'll be singing it later), if there was one thing you could've changed in your past, what would it be?

Speaking of:

• A negative experience that greatly affected you
• Something you regret doing
• Something you wish you had done (or had done better)
• Something you took for granted and shouldn't have
• Something you wish you had said or didn't say

etc.

How do you think doing, not doing or experiencing this particular episode has affected your life today?

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I wish I would've never left home at the age of fifteen to live in Montreal with an older man I met online. In some ways, it was a good thing - my level of French jumped significantly and I've got a maturer mindset that assists in current studies - but there are quite a few negative consequences that have resulted, such as trauma, social anxiety, and simply being four years behind in my studies. I should be getting on with my life, but instead I'll be 23 this year and am in first year of university.

I wish I hadn't strayed from convention. My current boyfriend is in his final year as a post-grad student. I should be graduating from Educational Studies this year, too. Instead, he's stuck sticking around until I finish my studies in another 5.5 years. It's not fair to him, and I'm worried it'll strain our relationship later and may affect whether or not he sticks around. He'll be 29ish when I finish school after all.

Sigh ~_~

 

[Squidchan]

I think I feel the same way about my education, though I'm trying to fix it.

I partially blame my mum for this but I dropped out of high school in Year 12 even though I was intelligent and could have completed it if I tried hard enough. I ended up getting addicted to an online game that I played for several years and that held me back a lot. Although I have studied since then (I have a couple of specialised certificates) and I'm currently finishing a Diploma of Business Administration as well as starting a Diploma of Interactive Digital Media, both from home, I feel like I could have made a better life for my family if I had just stayed in high school for that last year.

 

[Stormerbuzz35]

I'd go back and tell myself to just be me and not focus on anyone else. I'd also tell myself to swat accounting cause than I'd have a job now.

 

[Bellsprout]

I would just like to go back and relive life with the attitude I have now, but I can't so I just have to accept the past and move on with the better me imo.

 

[GhostTrainer]

I wish that I didn't fool myself with you. You led me on so many times that its not even funny.

 

[Klippy]

Whenever I get this question, I always reflect on my life and decide that I'd change very little. A lot of my experiences made me who I am, but I can think of a handful I definitely would re-think or change decisions on. Sometimes things you do help you learn and other times they are just dumb choices that have no lessons.

 

[Sonata]

If I could turn back time I would go back to high school. Sophomore year. Freshman year was perfectly fine, I was physically active, strong, fit, getting good grades, had lots of good friends, it was pretty perfect. Sophomore year comes along, I get surgery done on my ankle and turn into a little bitch and decide to quit football but continue marching band, I start staying up all night talking to people online and watching anime, I sleep through school, I get kicked out of honors, start gaining weight, everything from there on just goes to shit.

But honestly I'm not sure if I had the chance that I would go back. I mean, if I did go back then everything in my life would change. I probably wouldn't have met my new best friends, I wouldn't have gotten an account on PC and met all the wonderful people here, and sure as hell wouldn't have had my last 3 relationships. Quitting football just really messed my life up in a lot of ways. It'd be a really hard decision deciding whether or not to go back.

 

[Circuit]

Well I've made very many mistakes in my past, and I still make many today. Every mistake has changed me in various ways, both big and small and who I am today I am (mostly) happy with.

The one mistake I might change would be agreeing to a long-distance relationship with my ex. I'd already split with her before moving to Germany, but she wanted to try, and I thought 'Why not?'. It ended terribly, and has potentially ruined (for me) any attempts at being friends again in the future.

Other than that, I wish I'd stop making stupid little decisions that (especially this week) are now causing me a lot of stress, and don't help with what I believe to be depression.

 

[Poki]

Like I already said in the 7302709720393 other "If I could go back in time" threads: I wouldn't change shit.

 

[Sydian]

There's really only one thing I'd change and that's just my biggest regret in life. That's the only thing I'd fix if I had the chance.

 

[Margaery Tyrell]

Honestly, not a lot. All of the events leading to now have influenced my current self, so I'm content with that. The only thing I think I'd change is, is telling myself to be more empathetic of others and to be open minded.

 

[Candy]

I wish I could go back to the first semester of college and get As at every subject lol.

Real answer: I'm happy on how my life was in the past. Otherwise, I won't be the person I am today. I'll probably be a sad little girl, or an extremely naive one. Can't tell.

But hey, one thing I would change is what faculty I'm enrolling, 'cause I want to go to Astronomy dangit.

 

[Starry Windy]

If I'd like to, I would want to change a certain past mistake that I've made when I was young teenager, but then, if I do that, it might adversely change my personality in real life and in PC, and not becoming someone that I know today, so I'm happy with who I am right now, and not changing it.

 

[Lycanthropy]

About everything in the past must have contributed a little to how I have become. Because I'm happy as who I am, I don't feel like changing things in the past.

 

[Bounsweet]

The biggest thing that I would change from my past would be my relationships with some people. Knowing what I know now, I really wish I could go back and be a little bit wiser about who I chose to befriend and whose friendships I neglected, especially over the course of my high school years.

Ofc, I would have changed how I handled schoolwork a lot lol. I could really kick myself in the butt for how lazy I was about school in high school and parts of college.

 

[Megan]

Really difficult question...I suppose, as soon as I tried doing something I didn't do back then, it would ultimately lead to a time paradoxon. While I'm not totally opposed to creating such a thing, because it seems like a really interesting phenomenon to observe, I don't think I'd do it, though. Instead I'd probably be afraid of doing something wrong, leading to the inevitable doom of many other people.

But if I really had to change something, let's say, I'd do my homework a little bit better, because back then I didn't understand the concept of learning at all. {XD}

 

[Nick]

I only have two regrets in my life that stand out. Obviously there are a lot more minor ones, but those haven't really affected my life.

1. When I went away to college, things were going on at home that prevented me from being able to enjoy the experience and let go. They were really serious things that occupied all of my thoughts. So I threatened my dad over the phone, telling him that I was going to drop out whether or not he approved. And I did. He was there that night to pick me up and bring me home. I lasted about a week. If I hadn't done that, I would have had a bachelor's degree by now and probably would be in a career that I enjoy since I am pretty ambitious. But I let the negativity of what was going on at home affect my judgment and my future, and I regret that.

2. This one is much more serious... The day my mom died, I was alone with her. She was sleeping and I decided not to bother her, but I could tell something was wrong. I didn't do anything to help the situation. I just let her sleep. In the back of my mind, I felt like I should have called 911 for help, but I ignored it. I feel if I would have done something and called 911, she would still be alive. I ended up calling 911 anyway that day, so its not like I spared any trouble. That's my biggest regret. I take some responsibility in her death and nothing anybody can say will change that mindset.

 

[starseed galaxy auticorn]

To be honest, my life is pretty amazing the way it is. I feel like if I could turn back time to change something... it might alter something in my current life. I mean, I know I made mistakes in the past, but I learned from them. I wouldn't be the person I am today if I hadn't made so many of them.

 

[Harmonie]

I would go back to somewhere from 2005 - 2007 and make the decision to take care of myself and my medical issues instead of becoming scared stiff and falling back on a not even so secure belief in God/religion.

Oh, I would give anything... I want my life back... T.T