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JustJess · 01-23-2007, 06:45 AM

Don't take Theater 351 in your freshman year, it's not going to do you any good.
You aren't actually invincible, and if you go on, you're going to have so much more explaining to do later... which is awkward and annoying.
Don't "date" your brother's friends. Ever.
The truth will set you free - it's not just a cliche, people.

Those would be minor changes that would increase my mental healthiness... but still leave me being who I am. If I were to go crazy with this, I'd consider advising science and math courses in college, but probably not.

Going to the extreme.... I would tell my 5-year-old self to be Really Stubborn and Insistent that Daddy go to the doctor a lot for colonoscopies for the next 2 years. Really Really Really. Mom raised us to be opinionated.... I would have advised myself to be as opinionated as my 5-yr-old self could be... which was a LOT. But I would not be me now. I would not have gone into theater, I would not have met Q, I would not be me. I don't know what the value of that trade off would be, since my family would have been happier, healthier, more stable. But I am often happy with who I am, and I love my husband, and I am a strong person now. So I dunno.

01-23-2007, 06:45 AM	#43 (permalink)
JustJess Unencapsulated Location: Kittyville	Don't take Theater 351 in your freshman year, it's not going to do you any good. You aren't actually invincible, and if you go on, you're going to have so much more explaining to do later... which is awkward and annoying. Don't "date" your brother's friends. Ever. The truth will set you free - it's not just a cliche, people. Those would be minor changes that would increase my mental healthiness... but still leave me being who I am. If I were to go crazy with this, I'd consider advising science and math courses in college, but probably not. Going to the extreme.... I would tell my 5-year-old self to be Really Stubborn and Insistent that Daddy go to the doctor a lot for colonoscopies for the next 2 years. Really Really Really. Mom raised us to be opinionated.... I would have advised myself to be as opinionated as my 5-yr-old self could be... which was a LOT. But I would not be me now. I would not have gone into theater, I would not have met Q, I would not be me. I don't know what the value of that trade off would be, since my family would have been happier, healthier, more stable. But I am often happy with who I am, and I love my husband, and I am a strong person now. So I dunno. __________________ My heart knows me better than I know myself, so I'm gonna let it do all the talkin'.