I wish I would have came out of the closet immediately instead of being in two marriages that really sucked because I was confused about what I wanted and I didn’t want to ostracize myself from my family and peers.
Fuck, that felt good to get out
Warn my boyfriend he had a brain tumor while still possible to treat
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Get tested and subsequently treated for ADHD.
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Dump the ex I was dating around that time instead of letting her take up two years of my life that I wont get back.
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Pay more attention to the people that actually put effort into their friendship/relationship with me and drop the ones that didn’t.
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Work out more and eat better.
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Socialize as much as I could while living in the dorms.
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Either join or create study groups.
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Brought earplugs to the Slayer/Slipknot/Mastodon/MachineHead concert…
I don’t understand how people can go to music shows without ear plugs. I don’t even attend metal music, which seem to crank it up to the point of losing sound quality, just for the sake of “bad assery” I guess.
I feel bad for kids being brought to concerts without them, too.
haha only now am I learning to maybe throw some earpugls in every once in a while
That concert was so brutal in terms of sound level. I was in the pit and people were using cigarette filters as earplugs. That’s how loud it was. I’m pretty sure that’s why I have mild tinnitus now.
cigarette filters for earplugs is wild
That was all we had.
Kept in touch with friends.
Got back on ADHD meds that my parents took me off as a 10yo as they didn’t like the side effects.
Exercised.
Study, get the certification I ended up getting eventually (that i was repeatedly recommended to do but was too perpetually exhausted to study for), and breaking into IT as a career sooner.
Not waste years 18-22 in a shitty grocery store/fast food job. To this day I can’t stand to look at a rotisserie chicken cooker.
Go to a therapy
Highly recommend
but just one, two therapys or three can cause sunburn
Less fucking about, more fucking
Lost my virginity.
Being the (almost) 40 Year Old Virgin is not as great as they say it is.
Fuck it just get a hooker mate
Bought Apple and Microsoft stock.
And google
To start taking care of my self. In all aspects.
The act of starting to love, appreciate and take care of oneself it’s a very powerful life changer that can save and avoid you a lot of problems. From physic and mental health, to social relationships and to career/work and much more.
I feel and think life is much more enjoyable if you lookout for yourself and for others.
I wish I had dropped out of college as I planned to.
Transitioned
Same, I waited till I was 27, I’m happy I’m finally there, but it woulda been nice to start 10 years earlier, woulda been a lot better for me mentally especially.
I’m glad you figured yourself out. I waited until I was 22 to come out of the closet and until I was in my 30s to dress how I wanted (I didn’t transition, but I do identify as non-comforming and wear clothing that isn’t standard for my gender). It’s extremely comfortable being who you are.
Gave a shit about school. Instead I was way too worried about finding that one girl for me. Now I’m dumb, poor, and have the most wonderful wife in the world… after a few false starts.
Stop trying so hard to get laid. I could have had better relationships if I’d just stopped making that my goal.
But those teenage boy hormones hit hard and that’s literally all I could think about back then.
I would have got laid so much more if I wasn’t trying so hard to get laid.
Abstain from alcohol
