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wordweaverlynn: You, gentle reader, have been given the opportunity to go back in time ten (10) years and tell yourself three (3) things.
What are they?
My answers:
1. Do not get involved with anyone you think needs your help.
2. Sell BRCM. Even if it looks like it's on a rocket to the moon, sell every last share of it as soon as you can.
3. Do all the hiking, running, and backpacking you can possibly stand. Make yourself sick of it. All those grand dreams of hiking the Canyon again, climbing Whitney, running a marathon, and doing Half Dome once every summer -- all those goals of learning yoga some day and going back to aikido -- do every last one of them before age 35 because you will never have another chance.
wordweaverlynn's addition: What are the three words of advice you have for yourself for the next ten years?
1. Keep your long-term goals in mind.
2. Stop caring what others think of you. It's gotten you nowhere so far.
3. Learn how to extricate yourself gracefully from rude people in social settings. It's more pleasant to have this skill than not.
wordweaverlynn: You, gentle reader, have been given the opportunity to go back in time ten (10) years and tell yourself three (3) things.What are they?
My answers:
1. Do not get involved with anyone you think needs your help.
2. Sell BRCM. Even if it looks like it's on a rocket to the moon, sell every last share of it as soon as you can.
3. Do all the hiking, running, and backpacking you can possibly stand. Make yourself sick of it. All those grand dreams of hiking the Canyon again, climbing Whitney, running a marathon, and doing Half Dome once every summer -- all those goals of learning yoga some day and going back to aikido -- do every last one of them before age 35 because you will never have another chance.
wordweaverlynn's addition: What are the three words of advice you have for yourself for the next ten years?1. Keep your long-term goals in mind.
2. Stop caring what others think of you. It's gotten you nowhere so far.
3. Learn how to extricate yourself gracefully from rude people in social settings. It's more pleasant to have this skill than not.
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1) The winning numbers to the 649
2) That my marriage to Jason will become a happy one, and buying a house and having kids when we are ready will change it for the better.
3) That my time with my father will be limited, so enjoy it while he has his health.
Advice:
1) Finish what you start - it makes you feel so much better about yourself.
2) Take the time for the little things - remember how good you felt on your mat leave when you slowed down and actually stopped to smell the roses/baby poop.
3) Spend the time with my loved ones now because they may not be around in "a few years" when it "gets less hectic". It will never get less hectic, and more time will never suddenly appear. Time that isn't spent with them is time lost, never to be regained.
3)
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That is sooooooo true. I keep falling into this trap as well, and it is taking me a long time to learn that there's never "a better time". The time is now.