With the benefit of hindsight and knowing now what you didn’t know at the time, if you had the chance to do it all again would you do any of it any differently?
If so what and why?
Me, I don’t think that I would do anything major any differently because IMHO that might mean that I wouldn’t be where I am now.
If I think about it there might be some minor things, like … buying the timber to renew my fences before prices all went up because of Covid-related problems, or keeping my old cars like my Mini & my Escort Mexico instead of selling them when I was in my 20’s because I could have stored them and they’re sought-after cars nowadays because they have a character that modern cars seem to lack.
I think I would have knuckled down and worked somewhat harder for my GCE Olevels, hopefully passing a few more than I actually did first time around. This would have saved me a year when it came to my part-time, day release, tertiary education.
No major changes for me either.
I am not rich, and don’t live in a vast mansion, but there are a lot worse off than me.
It’s our life experiences that make us what we are today and as long as I am a decent, honest person, that’ll do for me.
Growing up all my life there were and still times I think about the directions, choices and decisions I made that has helped mould the person I am today… ( No I’m not Harry )
I have regrets and often wish I could back track and change a few of them. But I then think I like the person I am even with all my faults…so maybe the bad choices in life helped with a better ending
My parents were forever warning us children of the potential dangers of not working hard and passing our O levels, which brings me to what as Zaphod my pal Arthur said according to Douglas Adams:
Excellent Zaphod. Unlike Arthur’s parents, both of mine left school at 14 without anything in the way of formal qualifications so, I didn’t get the support I really needed.
I left school at the age of 15. Worked hard and did ok. Education exams qualifications are not the be all and all to get on in life. Good reason for leaving school the teachers were unregulated bullies in a private school. Wish I made the decision to go live in Australia when I could have done
I don’t think that I’d change much. What I know is that I wouldn’t want the same job again but given that I would still have the same skills and abilities, I don’t know which job/profession to work in. Basically, I’m glad that I won’t get a new choice.
I would have slightly adjusted my life style to avoid the TIA I suffered about three months before my 60th birthday. That TIA pushed me into early retirement at 60 stopping me from achieving a complete grade above my retired level. Other that that, no, nothing different.
Some things you don’t know are going to happen that may affect wether you wish to change your life or not. But overall I am happy to be where I am today.
I would do rather a lot differently. I was always a child and teenager who always wanted to please people, particularly my parents. I feel a bit disloyal saying this because they were good parents and no longer with us, but my career path would have been very different for starters.I look at young people today and realise I didn’t have their confidence or their ability to just do things spontaneously. I never had money over to travel either. I am OK financially now but wish my younger years had been more interesting.
No, I’ve benefitted from every turn in the road I’ve taken. They may not have been wise choices, but it has given me a plethora of experience I wouldn’t have otherwise known in another lifetime.
I am proud of what I have accomplished, the many friends I’ve made and kept for decades, and I sleep well at night so I can try harder to be a better person come morning.
so far it’s been amazing and I’m often left in “ Awe”.
