Going back in time

[classical_hero]

You have one chance to change a single event in you life, what would it be?

For me it would be the time I got a bout of food poisoning and since then my life has been a nightmare. I would make sure I don't eat what made me sick. Although from this experience I have learnt a lot about my body and how the digestive system has a massive effect on your body. My asthma is much better as a result of taking probiotics and a herbal treatment, but it only flares up when I am really sick.

 

[Dralix]

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Tapestry_(episode)

 

[strijder20]

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Tapestry_(episode)

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Tapestry_(episode)

Fixed that for you.

 

[Dralix]

Thanks. I fixed mine too ...

 

[Borachio]

One crucial mistake?

No. I think there's too many to pick just the one.

 

[Phrossack]

For me, it's not what I shouldn't have done, but what I should have. I don't really mess up the things I do as much as I miss out on opportunities.

 

[Perfection]

Buy a bunch of those goddamn bitcoins

 

[Antilogic]

I would have told myself to pay more attention to the career fair and avoid grad school like the effing plague.

Or ask that girl in freshman calculus out. One of the two.

 

[GenMarshall]

Gotten myself to work on-time in my old job. Still hold regrets about it nowadays.

If I had a Delorian Time Machine, I'd go back and give myself a huge lecture about it.

 

[Synobun]

I would have not gone over that hill.

 

[Kennigit]

I don't think changing any one event in my life would do anything without being able to also apply knowledge gained in hindsight.

I.e. if I could impart on my past self a "strong urge" to suddenly do or not to do one particular decision, it wouldn't actually change anything in the long run (since I do not have any particular physical or emotional injury, accident, or other singular event that could easily be fixed). My mentality at that point in time would remain unchanged.

That all being said, I feel like I could have gotten a pretty good job offer that I did not pursue in the past but now wish I [probably] had.

If I could explain why or why not to do something to my former self without giving spoilers on future events (i.e. like "bet a bunch of money on this" or "buy this stock"), I'd probably go with the same job thing again or personal relationships.

 

[Hygro]

Hugged my brother in law the last time I saw him before his motorcycle accident, rather than thinking naw I'll hug him next time, nothing changes.

But it's cool, I can still hug him now.

That and not taken offense to floppa21 back in 2003, who was making polite humorous posts at others that I was taking personal offense to and responding with insults and unironically calling myself a maybe-genius. Well, I guess the last part was good so he could write me off as being an idiot kid so that nothing I said could sting. Floppa21 was repeatedly generous in his responses to me. And I know he wasn't the only one.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Tell my 2006 incarnation to be more sociable as some people are actually nice.