To the time when Bitcoins were easily minable and told myself to mine a block or two, then wait a few years.
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Presuming that the time gate is unstable could close at any point, my first words would be "Bitcoin, sell, 2021, November, 12"
Similar.. I'd probably say that yes, do buy a bunch of bitcoins now since you're considering it and they're cheap. :P
I would go back to the day of my wedding and tell myself to trust my gut, that it wasn't just cold feet. That the embarrassment and financial loss of calling it off was nothing compared to what I lost that day without even realizing it.
I would lose my kids, but maybe I'd still be myself and they would be somewhere with a mother who isn't a mother-shaped empty shell.
I am much happier in my 50s than I ever was before- in fact, I was despondent for the vast majority of my adulthood. So I'd go back to pretty much any age before I turned 45, give myself the biggest hug, and say "It's going to be okay, you're going to make it, and you really are good enough."
I'd go back to 11yo me and tell him that we have ADHD, and to try and get things in place to help before the next 25 years of 'coping' mechanisms fuck his brain up.
I'd tell younger me to be a better son and to enjoy everything
I got a lot of enjoyment out of my childhood, but had some wobbles in highschool. I think I'd go back and tell myself to explore more of the world with friends, and not be so concerned about some of my insecurities back then.
I think as a child I got a lot of enjoyment as well but as a pre teen it stopped. I've went through something that taught me the value of the littlest things so I wish I had realized that earlier
I'd probably say something like.. getting a degree in your biggest hobby might not be the best idea, working with what you enjoy doing at your spare time might harm that hobby.
2004, early summer, when I was 16: "You've ADHD and ASD, you should ask your parents to go to a psychiatrist, and everything will be better afterwards."
I'd tell me in high school to get treatment for depression instead of white knuckling my way through life and ending up with treatment resistant depression at 28 because I went without for so long.
I wouldn't.
The choices that I've made, mistakes included, are what brought me to where I am today... and gotdang I wouldn't change that for the world.
You're going to get really sick at 23. Get ready.
Two options.
If I'd go back, I would jump to around middle school and try to convince myself that dad doesn't hold the true knowledge to everything, especially politics. It took me one Trump-term and a pandemic to realise that my dad has some opinions I really don't enjoy.
Alternatively, I wouldn't go back for fear of messing something up that causes me to not meet my spouse. I can handle a bit of mockery by my spouse for my dad's beliefs, but I really wouldn't wanna have past-me not eventually meet her in the first place.
That's definitely fair. As you get older, you realize your parents are just people too- they can certainly make mistakes.
I would probably have talked to myself at length about how I know what's best for me and no one else (excluding medical professionals ofc) and that it's okay to be gay
- Stephanie from gym class is totally into you. Just ask her out you dumb idiot.
I would have gone back to 2003 and told 18 yr old me to join the airforce.
I would have been on the ground floor of groundbreaking computer science knowledge. I would get free college and medical care. I could have been a security consultant making six figures 10 years ago.
GET THOSE DAMN ADHD AND DEPRESSION MEDS, YOUR PARENTS ARE LYING THEY'RE GOOD FOR YOU
I would go back to when I enrolled in community college and tell myself to get treated for adhd before attempting college.
- I'd say "feel this pain, this is real right now, but one day you'll meet someone who will make you realize he was never worth it."
"Keep doing what you're doing. You're beautiful. And don't be afraid of LGBT people" (cuz I'm one of them, but I wouldn't want to spoil the discovery)
Don't do a PhD and just take the job offer at Facebook in 2009.