What would you do differently if you had to do it all over again?

Marry later.

More education.

More travel when younger.

Run much more at a younger age.

Biggest regret is fooling around too much in school.

I am a loser.

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The older I get, the more I realize that I wouldn't want to change anything. Sure, I could have saved more for retirement, done a few things differently. But, I am happy where I am, especially with my family. Any little changes years ago would change that now and on a day to day basis I am happy with my life. When I die (hopefully in a another 50 years or so) I could die with a clear conscience, knowing that I helped the world in some small way, even if it's just by making some people happy and bringing a couple of wonderful people into the world.

I have helped kids get an education, I have helped a few get college money because of their athletic ability. Little things like that.

Not marry the woman I did although I adore the children we have;

focused more on school and playing athletics instead of being a drunk;

traveled more when I was younger;

worked my way through college instead of relying on student loans;

not chosen the career path I did.

Basically, I'd do just about everything differently. Oh well, all I can do now is find things I enjoy doing and do those and teach my children not to make the same mistakes I made.

When I think about it from a logical viewpoint I would change almost everything, but I've had a lot of real experiences over the last 20 years (I am 35). If anything were different a lot of those experiences would not have happened.

You need to have bad times as well as good times to have a full life. You don't feel the pain of the bad times later in your life but you remember how much those times meant to you, the little things that happened when you had raw emotional experiences.

I remember one time about 7 years ago where emotionally I was completely broken. My life was going in the wrong direction completely and there was one day where I just broke down and cried, for about 4 hours. It was all I needed. The next day was one of the best days of my life. It all felt like a new beginning, like being reborn. I was still hurting bad and had to undo a lot of psychological damage, but it just got better every day from there. I would never have had that experience without all the failure leading up to it.

When I think of that time now, it makes me very emotional, I realize how precious life is and I realize that I've got to enjoy it while it lasts.

Not being more serious with the girl I really love. Now she has moved on, without me. Everyday is heartbreaking.

I would have killed that jerk when I had the chance, and they never would have found the body.

Oh, and I would have run easier on my easy days.

i would have posted more and read less posts

jsquire wrote:

I would have killed that jerk when I had the chance, and they never would have found the body.

Oh, and I would have run easier on my easy days.

I like it.

If I had to do it all over again, I'd go with being less educated. Grad school can be way over-rated. Sad thing is, I knew before I went back to school that it was a mistake and am now "stuck" in a career I hate because I cornered myself into it.

Oh well, there's always the next life to come back less educated, but happier, than I am now.

I wouldna done that 10000m.

^^^but the letsrun.com'ers NEEDED you to run that 10k! You need to move up to the marathon.

I should have run less, lifted tons of weights, boinked more babes, and become a Petri dish of STDs -- you know, like Mr. Chest.

I would'nt have smoked some crazy weed that made me freak out when I was 19.

I would'nt have gotten involved with a particular psycho crazy evil woman when I was 26.

Other than that, no real regrets....

I wouldn't have died.

http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/1998/02.05/DivinitySchools.html

I WOULD have played that 4-digit lottery number on 1/1/1980.

I would not have played football or hockey. I would have run instead.

I would have settled for a community college degree coming out of HS.

I would NOT have run ANY marathons, nor raced any distance over 10K. I WOULD have done more 90+ minute long runs, however, for 5-10K racing and de-emphasized my fixation with anaerobic, painful runs. [see 2 more listings from this]

I would NOT have dated that Redhead.

I wish I had never read Cooper's 'aerobics' book, instead I wish I'd read Lydiard's original "running to the top".

I should have bought EXXON stock.

I would have had Brutal aborted so I wouldn't have to listen to his endless stupidity and racist remarks.

What is it about redheads? Stay away from them.

less drink / more study.