If you could start again

[Crazy chef 1]

I like tese hypothetical topics...though if you could start again let's say as a 10 year old ( but with the knowledge by now) what would you have done differently???

Btw I have a few things and will admit later on....

[CharlieH]

Rewrting the last 50 years would take more than a few lines !

and remember hindsight is perfect vision, the trials and tribulations that life's path takes us through also forms the person/character we have become.

Whilst there are many things I would like to "do over" or paths that in hindsight I shouldnt have taken, I did take them, and they ultimately brought me to where I am now, and I consider myself fortunate to have reached this point in my life and have achieved what I now have and the lifestyle I have.

No complaints in the end result. Often its not the destination, but the journey you took to get there.

[Crazy chef 1]

Rewrting the last 50 years would take more than a few lines !

and remember hindsight is perfect vision, the trials and tribulations that life's path takes us through also forms the person/character we have become.

Whilst there are many things I would like to "do over" or paths that in hindsight I shouldnt have taken, I did take them, and they ultimately brought me to where I am now, and I consider myself fortunate to have reached this point in my life and have achieved what I now have and the lifestyle I have.

No complaints in the end result. Often its not the destination, but the journey you took to get there.

Very wise reply...and you know I don't say this because you are a MOD...

[sipi]

I wouldn't have wasted 10 years with the wrong farang woman. Apart from that, the last 93 years have been kind to me.

[ttthailand]

Rewrting the last 50 years would take more than a few lines !

and remember hindsight is perfect vision, the trials and tribulations that life's path takes us through also forms the person/character we have become.

Whilst there are many things I would like to "do over" or paths that in hindsight I shouldnt have taken, I did take them, and they ultimately brought me to where I am now, and I consider myself fortunate to have reached this point in my life and have achieved what I now have and the lifestyle I have.

No complaints in the end result. Often its not the destination, but the journey you took to get there.

charlieH.... Many times I don't agree with you but this time you are right on the money, well said !

[ericthai]

Good topic. it's hard to say what to change as one change could change everything, something like a domino effect. I always say I should have done this or done that, but then when I think more about it if i did do that instead of what i did would I be where I am now?

I am happy where I'm at in life, not exactly how i wanted things to be but financially I cant be more than happy.

Definitely would've bought Google, Apple and Microsoft stock when they all started out.

[neverdie]

The movie sliding doors is an interesting one, change a little thing at one point and possibly there'd be huge changes at another.

I would most certainly change yesterday's visit to the dentist.

[Ayutthaya11]

Join the Army, put in 30 years. Retire off the pension abroad.

[CraigSchuler]

It is what it is and I'm good with that....."if"....If grandma had nuts, she'd be grandpa!

[Costas2008]

I would change nothing.

I have the same brains as I had when I was 10

The only difference is that I loaded them through the years with useless information.

Went through many ups and downs in my life, never regretted anything.

I look at life now as I used to do when 10.

The only thing I wish I had kept my toys........they worth a fortune nowadays.

Edited March 28, 2015 by Costas2008

[catman20]

if I had been told about the pitfalls of marriage and children would never of got married or had children everything else has worked out perfect

Edited March 28, 2015 by catman20

[jacko45k]

I would physically attack a couple of currency traders who had an opportunity not to be missed!

[pomchop]

Not much to complain about.....easy to have the shouda coulda woulda blues but even if had taken different forks in the road there is no telling where some of them may have led me.....maybe better, maybe worse.

Overall I have been a very lucky guy. No whining on the yacht is a thought that many might do well to remember.

[williet98248]

I have had a most interesting life and am happy with what I have accomplished. The only things I sometimes wonder about are: 1. I regret getting a good formal education. I think I am well self-educated and I did get a degree in Civil engineering in my fifties but... 2. I 'retired' from the US Army in 1969 because I disagreed with the Vietnam war. I sometimes wonder how my life would be if I had stayed in and retired with 30 years. 3. I do regret spending the four years of my life with my second ex-wife. Lost years.

[BudRight]

Rewrting the last 50 years would take more than a few lines !

and remember hindsight is perfect vision, the trials and tribulations that life's path takes us through also forms the person/character we have become.

Whilst there are many things I would like to "do over" or paths that in hindsight I shouldnt have taken, I did take them, and they ultimately brought me to where I am now, and I consider myself fortunate to have reached this point in my life and have achieved what I now have and the lifestyle I have.

No complaints in the end result. Often its not the destination, but the journey you took to get there.

The OP is about 'starting' again, not anything after that. Your imaginary fifty years will have to work themselves out.

I would ignore all the advice I heard when I was 10. Most of it was bad and what I wanted to do would have worked out well.

[xtof2]

Nothing. No regrets.Boom boom more chicks maybe!

[Crazy chef 1]

i think if i'd had continued my army career i could retire now...but on the other hand many beautiful years missed all around the globe...

or as Mr Sinatra would say:regrets i had a few,but then again,too few to mention...and the final summary comes anyway at the end....

[themerg]

Used 2 Trojans, the first one broke.

[monkey4u]

If I could start over again.

My only change would be my first 2 marriages / disasters

My third one is perfect

[Dannyboy666]

I Wanted to go to University I Regret that i did not Finish and not coming to Thailand When I was 20 years of age ...

[Thakkar]

I spent half my time and money on wine and women. And like a fool, I squandered the rest.

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[micmichd]

I would be more consequent and don't let any Farangs go away with personal excuses.

[ToddinChonburi]

Rewrting the last 50 years would take more than a few lines !

and remember hindsight is perfect vision, the trials and tribulations that life's path takes us through also forms the person/character we have become.

Whilst there are many things I would like to "do over" or paths that in hindsight I shouldnt have taken, I did take them, and they ultimately brought me to where I am now, and I consider myself fortunate to have reached this point in my life and have achieved what I now have and the lifestyle I have.

No complaints in the end result. Often its not the destination, but the journey you took to get there.

AMEN !!!!

[micmichd]

I would be more consequent and don't let any Farangs go away with personal excuses. I would invest all my money in Asia as soon as I had it before anyone else could take it.

[Altalake]

Well said Crazy Chef 1.

Cant change t'he past, just learn from it.

[technologybytes]

I had a crazy life, lots of experiences etc but my big regret is that I never joined any of the armed forces. If I went back in time I would have joined the Army, Navy or Air Force even if only for a few years.

[NickJ]

I have spent most of my adult life here and failed to really maintain contact with a lot of people I should have back home. That being said I can and am fixing what I

can.....Also Ten years with a horrible thieving wife . Have a great one now though.

Edited March 28, 2015 by NickJ

[villagefarang]

I have never spent any time wishing I had done something different. All my “what ifs” are confined to those pivotal moments early in life which were beyond my control. What if we had not moved that first time when I was three? What if my grandfather had not died when I was ten? What if we had not moved again when I was thirteen?

The only what if I had control over was, “What if I had chosen not to move to Thailand full-time when I was twenty-three?” None of these are regrets, just points of inflection where things may have turned out quite differently had I started down another path.

Life has been kind to me, even when teaching important life lessons, so the only thing that would change if I were to start again, is that I would be more confident and less anxious about the road ahead.

[kerrysum]

Despite the good and bad?

I wouldn't change it for the world....

Don't worry, be happy.....

[gandalf12]

I would not have gone into Engineering