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If you can go back in time....

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What would you change in your life? Only in your life. You can't save people's lives or kill people. So you can't go back to 1936 Berlin and off a certain leader.

Be realistic as well. Sure there is a butterfly effect. So maybe take that into consideration but maybe not. Let's have some fun with it.
 
I wouldn't change too much. There was an event that happened in my family back in 2010 but trying to avoid that would involve changing other people's lives more than mine. Not to mention it wouldn't be realistic for me to act any different than I did back then.

But what I would like to change is joining Bulbagarden around 2010 instead of 2012 and trying to avoid making the mistakes I made because of immaturity around 2013-14 (not sure how realistic would that be at my age back then). I'd also try to become a moderator earlier than I did if I would've joined 2 years earlier.

I also think I would try to change a few of this year's events as my first year at university didn't go as well as I planned it.
 
I wouldn't change anything, really. Not saying my life's been perfect (far from it), but I firmly believe that everything we've experienced in the past make us who we are today, whether it's good stuff or bad stuff. The crap I've been through made me a much stronger, more self-confident person and honestly I like who I am now much much more than who I used to be.

Although maybe for things like exams I might want to go back in time and make more time to study :p
 
I would probably make some wiser choices. Take some chances that I've let go of. Enjoyed life a little more.
 
I don't know if I'd have the guts to, but probably try and make more friends in middle/high school, talk to people more that I only talked to a little bit and never got to know
 
I'd go back nine years and actually take care of the major issues that flipped my world upside down instead of going into denial. I allowed myself to go into denial solely because I fully convinced myself there was no chance that I'd be around much longer. Honestly, in late 2007, I didn't even look forward enough to assume I'd be around in 2008.

Yet, here I am, alive in 2016, and it's very awkward. I'd give anything to go back and face these issues when something still could have been done.
 
I'd go back to high school because I had SO MUCH FUN, and I feel I could have studied more and spent less time talking to friends. I didn't get perfect grades because of that, but I could have done much better, especially in math.
 
I'd go back in time to where I dropped an F-bomb out loud at work and got in trouble with my boss. I got written up and suspended for a day without pay for that.
 
I would've studied something different for sure. I still love Wildlife Education and I did learn a lot but there simply are no jobs in it here, and I'm getting scared now that I'm just going to be stuck in retail forever because of it.

Not sure what I would study instead yet though. Maybe to become a teacher in math or biology, I do like teaching stuff.
 
I'd definitely make some changes. Get myself to read more books and improve my vocabulary. Also, try and make more friends, and be a bit more flexible about life (I was a really stubborn kid back then)
 
There's not a lot I would change. I would have gotten my driver's license earlier in life and started college sooner. I would have tried to maintain some relationships from high school a little better. I would have put more effort into the six months I was in Montana.
 
A. Prevent my parents from splitting up 10 years ago.

B. Take driver's ed.

C. Introduce myself to waifus after I see Tangled.
 
I would have saved all the NES, SNES and gameboy's game boxes I had and sell them for $$$$$$.
 
Anything I would have a desire to change would basically fall into either:
  1. Things I learned from experience. Meaning, the only reason I'd want to change it now is because I know better having already done it, which is pretty paradoxical. It's kinda hard to speculate on the "rules" of something fictional like reverse time travel, but keeping memories and/or knowledge while doing such a thing is basically cheat codes. :p In that case, why not re-do your whole life with adult knowledge? You'd probably grow up alone for being unable to relate to anyone and thus ostracized, but you could give yourself a huge head start on a successful career, or even be more ambitious and act according to knowledge of future events.

  2. Things I would be powerless to change either way, because they were the direct result of someone or something else. The personal side to this especially, as a child's world is very much defined by the adults around them. You could extend this to more public things as well (I'm thinking terrorism), but in that case it would probably be possible to influence security via anonymous tips.

The thought of actually going through with it would be one mixed with fear and excitement. You could potentially be plunging yourself into an entirely new world. It'd be like a multi-route RPG! As awesome as that could be, you'd also be potentially changing or abandoning your save file with 20+ years of playtime.

Of course, you could always be a little less ambitious, and just steal some lotto numbers and retire. ;)
 
Nothing too much really, except I should have spent more time with my family.

But you tend not to notice these things when you are young I guess

Also this

cityvillain said:
I would have saved all the NES, SNES and gameboy's game boxes I had and sell them for $$$$$$.
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Honestly, I would love to go back to 2011, when everything was great in my life. Had I known then what I would experience in the next few years, I would have chosen to stay in New Jersey. At least at my old school, I had friends, a future, and some semblance of happiness and enjoyment during my college years.

I would also go back either a year ago or two years, if only to stop myself from doing really stupid things.

But we all know that can never happen.
 
I had a falling out with this person in high school, and I would like to go back in time to prevent it from ever happening.
 
I never had the chance to say goodbye to our cat Champ 8 years ago when he passed away. It haunts me to this day and I would do anything to make sure I see him and tell him how important he was/is to me. There are some other things I'd change if I could go back in time, but by far this would be my top priority.
 
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