Advice for your 19 year old self

TPD

If you could go back and say one or two sentences to your 19 year old self, what would they be? What advice would you give yourself, and what would you try to change? Or what do you wish you had known back then?

Basically I'm 19 and hoping I can just learn from all your mistakes :P

3DataModem

bang more chicks

My name is URL

wrong hole

DrumSteve

locate the clitoris

Wear a ski-mask

phasers

"You're not 19 for 8 months, get a life"

mardybumbum

Salvia is not fun

InkSlinger67

Start saving!!!!!!!!!!!

TPD

Predictable enough replies so far. I've heard bad things about salvia.

Nolanger

Emigrate.

SoupyNorman

You can afford to make the mistakes now...go nuts.

derby7

Jump on a bubble early & get out before its tooooo late, ie. internet, property.

nyarlothothep

start preparing for that masters now.
beware of false promises.
don't get into arguments with cretins.
behave less like a demigod, it turns people off.

davyjose

DON'T SLEEP WITH YOUR BEST MATES EX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Firetrap

Spend more time in the library actually reading things connected with your course rather than combing the shelves for interesting things to read that won't get you your degree.

TheZohanS

davyjose wrote: »

DON'T SLEEP WITH YOUR BEST MATES EX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't get caught sleeping with your best mates ex.

Have fun and travel!

nlgbbbblth

don't get too serious about relationships. I did and regret it now as my life went in a totally different direction post-19.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken

Rhyme

Don't touch that.

davyjose

TheZohan wrote: »

Don't get caught sleeping with your best mates ex.

Lol, it was her fault.

Rowley Birkin QC

Enjoy it, it will all work out eventually.

Wibbs

Make as much money as possible to get financial freedom and the freedom to make your time your own. Time is the most precious thing you possess. Spend it well and spend it wisely. People are just as unsure about themselves so don't sweat that. Learn from your mistakes and avoid them again. Better yet learn from others mistakes and avoid them in the first place. Love completely and forget tomorrow. It comes on it's own. If someone you love walks away? Let them. They don't love you anymore, or not the way you want them to. Drink, drugs, casual sex are condiments on the meal of life. Don't make them the meal itself. When you screw up, don't put much energy into it, just enough to avoid it in the future. Worry gets you nowhere. Things that make you cringe at 19 are well forgotten by 30(if not by 21). Like DrumSteve said, if you're a man learn how to please a woman. Start outside the bedroom. For women? Ditto if not slightly moreso. Just laying there doesn't cut it. Not for long anyway.

Super-Rush

Horse it into ya Cynthia

lifelonglufc

Wibbs wrote: »

Make as much money as possible to get financial freedom and the freedom to make your time your own. Time is the most precious thing you possess. Spend it well and spend it wisely. People are just as unsure about themselves so don't sweat that. Learn from your mistakes and avoid them again. Better yet learn from others mistakes and avoid them in the first place. Love completely and forget tomorrow. It comes on it's own. If someone you love walks away? Let them. They don't love you anymore, or not the way you want them to. Drink, drugs, casual sex are condiments on the meal of life. Don't make them the meal itself. When you screw up, don't put much energy into it, just enough to avoid it in the future. Worry gets you nowhere. Things that make you cringe at 19 are well forgotten by 30(if not by 21). Like DrumSteve said, if you're a man learn how to please a woman. Start outside the bedroom. For women? Ditto if not slightly moreso. Just laying there doesn't cut it. Not for long anyway.

There's the answer to all your questions...Wibbs i'm in awe of your infinte wisdom.

passive

Wear Sunscreen.

Wibbs

lifelonglufc wrote: »

There's the answer to all your questions...Wibbs i'm in awe of your infinte wisdom.

Trust me it's horribly finite. I've shot me bolt on the last post. Got nathin left.:D

Wibbs

Actually only one thing to add. Don't assume because you think a certain way, or act a certain way, don't assume others think, act or have the same motivations as you.

AlmightyCushion

I'm a bit of a prick so I'd probably try and fúck him over. "It's 2006 man. Property is booming, you've gotta get in on that now." Enjoy negative equity loser.Or I'd give myself some stupid vague warning that will cause me to live in fear. "Whatever you do, don't eat that sandwich, trust me!"

4zn76tysfajdxp

Wibbs wrote: »

Drink, drugs, casual sex are condiments on the meal of life. Don't make them the meal itself.

Noted.


I think it's well established at this stage the Wibbs is pretty much the Yoda of boards.ie.

Or he just thinks he is...

TPD

Wibbs wrote: »

Make as much money as possible to get financial freedom and the freedom to make your time your own. Time is the most precious thing you possess. Spend it well and spend it wisely. People are just as unsure about themselves so don't sweat that. Learn from your mistakes and avoid them again. Better yet learn from others mistakes and avoid them in the first place. Love completely and forget tomorrow. It comes on it's own. If someone you love walks away? Let them. They don't love you anymore, or not the way you want them to. Drink, drugs, casual sex are condiments on the meal of life. Don't make them the meal itself. When you screw up, don't put much energy into it, just enough to avoid it in the future. Worry gets you nowhere. Things that make you cringe at 19 are well forgotten by 30(if not by 21). Like DrumSteve said, if you're a man learn how to please a woman. Start outside the bedroom. For women? Ditto if not slightly moreso. Just laying there doesn't cut it. Not for long anyway.

The time warp closed halfway through your third sentence, sorry!

Good advice though. Loving the tags on here!

davyjose

Wibbs wrote: »

Make as much money as possible to get financial freedom and the freedom to make your time your own. Time is the most precious thing you possess. Spend it well and spend it wisely. People are just as unsure about themselves so don't sweat that. Learn from your mistakes and avoid them again. Better yet learn from others mistakes and avoid them in the first place. Love completely and forget tomorrow. It comes on it's own. If someone you love walks away? Let them. They don't love you anymore, or not the way you want them to. Drink, drugs, casual sex are condiments on the meal of life. Don't make them the meal itself. When you screw up, don't put much energy into it, just enough to avoid it in the future. Worry gets you nowhere. Things that make you cringe at 19 are well forgotten by 30(if not by 21). Like DrumSteve said, if you're a man learn how to please a woman. Start outside the bedroom. For women? Ditto if not slightly moreso. Just laying there doesn't cut it. Not for long anyway.

You sure you're not the guy in that Sunscreen track?

Dudess

Don't worry about the future. It's pointless and most of the time there's nothing worth worrying about.

TonyBlair

Don't gamble in bookies/casino etc

stovelid

Nobody is 'out of your league'.

irlirishkev

3DataModem wrote: »

bang more chicks

What he said.

Also - enjoy it while it lasts. Enjoy hanging out with all your mates. Before you know it, you'll all be married off and living apart from eachother, and will crave the good old days. Nostalgia will probably haunt you either way, so as The Charlatans so eliquently put it, Live it like you love it.

JerryHandbag

I would say to my 19 yr old self "dont be such a wuss ask her out for **** sake...." :rolleyes:

Oh to get my hands on a time machine

Sparky

save up now

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Never Hesitate.............Just do it..............doesnt matter what it is, u might never get another chance.

OR ELSE THIS!


Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be
it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by
scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable
than my own meandering
experience…I will dispense this advice now. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not
understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and
recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before
you and how fabulous you really looked….You’re not as fat as you
imagine. Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as
effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that
never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm
on some idle Tuesday. Do one thing everyday that scares you Sing Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with
people who are reckless with yours. Floss Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes
you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with
yourself. Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you
succeed in doing this, tell me how. Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements. Stretch Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your
life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they
wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year
olds I know still don’t. Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone. Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children,maybe
you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky
chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don’t
congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your
choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body,
use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people
think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever
own.. Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room. Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them. Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly. Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for
good. Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the
people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you
should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and
lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you
knew when you were young. Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live
in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel. Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will
philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize
that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were
noble and children respected their elders. Respect your elders. Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund,
maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one
might run out. Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will
look 85. Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who
supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of
fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the
ugly parts and recycling it for more than
it’s worth. But trust me on the sunscreen…

staker

Disconnect the internet.

chickenhawk

Fcuk her and leave her!

Oh and you've survived till you're 23 so do whatever you want you'll live!

Noffles

Girls want sex as much as you do...
Friends are priceless....

Snowie

Listen to your old man more, he's wise in many way's and for god sake dont get so stoned so much... Oh and she does like you go for it...

Don't start that masters you'll hate it, don't go out with that idiot who's obviously bad for you and messed up...
think that covers it

Kimbot

That hooker your thinking about going to see...

Yes that one...

She has crabs!!

Elessar

Don't cut the rope

EDIT: Seriously though, I'm not so different so I don't know what I would say.

artanevilla

I'm 19, I would say to myself I shouldn't have drank that much last night.

abouttobebanned

Stay out of the bookies.

Sofiztikated

Try and save some money.
But have fun.
Enjoy life so when you get demensia at least you'll have some good memories to forget.

Also, Wibbs is right.

Dudess

When you get older and look back at your various cock-ups, don't bother with regrets. It's so utterly pointless - in fact more pointless than worrying.

If you really want something that's not easy to get, go for it with all you've got. But have a plan B.

c4cat

TPD wrote: »

If you could go back and say one or two sentences to your 19 year old self, what would they be? What advice would you give yourself, and what would you try to change? Or what do you wish you had known back then?

Basically I'm 19 and hoping I can just learn from all your mistakes :P

1/ Life is Just a sexually transmitted disease
or
2/ life is just a game which you are going to lose

anniehoo

You wont be skinny and wrinkle free forever...

Dudess

chickenhawk wrote: »

Fcuk her and leave her!

I'd also tell my 19-year-old self "Don't be a horrible person."