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I’d tell the 19 year old me to go out into the world and do what you think is right at the time, make the same mistakes and end up where I am now a whole lot wiser and mentally stronger than I would be if someone had given me a road map rather than letting me live those highs and lows.
working hard is just hard work it gets you no where. go to university. pick a job with a pension at 50.. oh and youve already got a knackered heart be careful.. as for the ladies.. that nurse with a transit van TROUBLE.. the blonde on the checkouts work on it.. the curly haired one.. not pretty at 50..
Don't bother with uni. Waste of time and money. Pointless social expectation. Do the job I'm doing now, but get in younger and benefit from the final salary pension.
I would say don't bother with Uni but I met Mrs Matt there.
So instead, go to Uni but don't spend three years spending your student loan on vast quantities of alcohol and weed. Also, don't go back to the Rez on St Patricks Day because you'll fall down the stairs and knacker your ankle.
Oh, and don't buy that mini no matter how much you want it because it's basically rust held together with paint and will only last a few months.
surf more.
Don't keep putting things off, do it now.
Don't doubt yourself, actually you can do it. Have a bit more belief.
Dump the cigarettes, they are not cool, big or clever.
Wear a condom
Talk to somebody about how you feel. You can’t keep being angry, high or drunk. It’s not healthy or normal.
Spend more time with your brother.
Aim for a career, not just a job.
Ride the bike more
Go to University. Avoid getting a 'proper' job for as long as possible.
Ashley was definitely up for it.
Don't be so bloody uptight, twenty four years later you'll figure out that quite a few girls were hitting on you. Some of them were definitely hinting at sexehteims.
Oh and don't allow your car to be serviced by a certain East Anglian VW specialist. They'll ruin it.
Don't worry about it, it'll be finneeeeee
Start learning to manual. 30 years of practicing would hopefully have paid off
[list][*]Move house.[/*]
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[*]Girls want sex as much as boys do. Some of them even want it with you.
[/*][*]VHS video cassettes will not become collector's items.
[/*][*]Come to that, nor will any "limited edition" media.
[/*][*]In the future you'll hear of a thing called "bitcoins." Buy as many as you can. Sell them in 2017.
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Something about 'Louise'...
Nothing, because all the bad things happened in my life but would affect my current life if I changed the earlier part.
I wouldn't change any of the life I have now, so anything that may affect that is a no!
1)Yes, she is a psycho, & no she's not worth it no matter how great her boobage is.
2)When you have the opportunity to do a winter boarding in Japan take it, dont think its ok I'll do it next year. Life and kids get in the way.
Oh yes, just though of another one.
Go and live overseas for a while. It doesn't matter where you go or what you do. Gives you a much broader perspective on life, people and the planet.
Your future wife is a peach and is staying at your parents house for the next two weeks, here's the money for a train ticket make sure you pop back this weekend - for God sake don't wait 28yrs before hooking up.
When the bank offered you a mortgage take it and buy a flat rather than deciding to buy a XR2 fiesta. Probably my worse ever financial decision!! circa 1985 - what a muppet.
Pull your bloody finger out.
But then, I say that to myself daily and I still don't listen.
Loose some weight now, especially before you hit 20st and knacker your ankle
Go live abroad for longer than one year
Don't turn down the free masters and the easy route into academia
You do realise how much a year you spend on drink don't you??
Don't loose your fitness it's a bugger to get back later in life.
This ones s bit tricky as I'd not have the four cherubs I have now but .... when you're in your mid 20s and look at emigrating to Canada just bloody do it don't think about it just go!
'You'll be moving to South France in a few years time. Don't come back'
When you get offered that job in the middle east teaching the sprt you love takeit!! Your own ambitions in the sport will be blown along with your knee!!
Get that lump on your neck checked.
buy a house earlier
don't have credit cards
don't stop riding your bike in your teens, you'll lose all you wheelie skills
I'd probably say:
1. Buy a house. Even if you rent it out just buy one ASAP.
2. Don't stay in a relationship that's not worth it.
I'm pretty sure that my 19 year old self didn't listen to much advice...
01 19 22 23 45 49 (and the bonus ball is 08)
Stop taking drugs, it will cost you a fortune, your relationships and your sanity.
Move out of your mums house become independent sooner. Try and put some money in the bank for a house rather than up your nose.
Keep your friends close.
Dont bother with drugs* dont expect the world to fall into your lap.
*mushrooms try once 😉
Get a job you enjoy and travel more .
Work harder at uni, a 1st get's you discounts on MSc's when you're broke and need one in 10 years time.
Beyond that I graduated in 2008 just after the oil price crashed then rebounded, just as the financial crash happened and a few years before the oil tanked again, so work was never going to be plain sailing, and I was just a bit too late to get a deposit and house sorted whilst prices were still going up at double digit rates.
So whatever I did wouldn't help, except maybe go back a few more years and tell my 16yr old self to be a Dr instead of an engineer.
Basicly being a millennial sucks mostly for external reasons so:
Shoot Farage or buy $ in early 2016. That or emigrate whilst it's still £1:$2.
Do a ski season.
Get in touch with Cathy.
Forgot to add
Look out for bitcoins!
Mmm, lots of great advice above :O)
Mine;
You're not stupid but Uni isn't for you. It took 12/13 years of an office job to realise. Saying that I did meet the wife there so...................
Slow down ..it might drop off
Go back home
You're actually not a bad dancer and members of the opposite sex quite like someone with some moves.
Despite all the stupid shit you're about to do it works out pretty well.
But for ****s sake cut the credit card up now!
Oh and don't try to overtake that truck, you won't make it!
Take slightly fewer drugs, drink slightly less, buy a bmx, do slightly more studying, crack on to loads more lasses. Air your feet. DON'T lose the ****ing student loan deferment form!
Whatever you do...
Under no circumstances...
Not even wearing jeans and a hoody...
Stand around at the bottom of Swinley Red 15...
Come out of the closet *now*. Have (safe) fun.
Buy knee pads.